Sorry for my lack of information. The aliases file was EXACTLY what I needed,
thank you =)
W B Hacker wrote:
>
> altendew wrote:
>> I currently have over 50 sites, for each site I would like to add a new
>> e-mail called return@???
>>
>> Is there anyway too add an e-mail account from the command line in Unix?
>> Because as of right now I would have to use cpanel and login to each
>> individual account.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Several.
>
> But you have not specified ...
>
> A) If all 50+, or some several subsets, are on the same/multiple servers.
>
> B) *Where* you keep the 'other' user information.
>
> In the simplest case, IF all are on the same server and IF one person
> (yourself?) is to deal with the traffic, all you need to do is add a
> single
> entry to the system alias file, eg /etc/aliases on Unix, or wherever your
> flavor
> of Linux keeps the equivalent:
>
> return : <some valid on or off box email address> , <another valid..>
>
> That will effectively 'wildcard' all domains the server accepts for, but
> all to
> the same address(es).
>
> Otherwise, the CLI, via ssh or local, can also:
>
> - invoke an editor to create a script that will add that user to multiple
> per-domain flat files
>
> - manually edit one or more such files.
>
> - run a unix tool (man sed) that can do so for a tree full of them.
>
> - add records to any of several types of DB or cdb database
>
> - add records to any of several types of SQL DB...
>
> Basically, if it can be done at all, it can be done with a Unix CLI either
> directly or with help from a very rich set of tools.
>
> To a large extent, that is what web-based or CPanel type tools do under
> the
> covers anyway.
>
> HTH,
>
> Bill
>
>
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