On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Corey Edwards wrote:
What's the difference between setting up pseudo account mail redirects
in…
/etc/aliases
…and…
/etc/mail/virtualusertable
aliases only uses local accounts. virtualaliases (IIRC is the
directive) will allow you to forward mail from any domain you accept
mail for to any other domain. For example,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the left column is for users and domains that you accept mail for.
The right column is the destination they will *actually* be sent to,
whether or not their on your machine.
/etc/aliases can handle non-local destinations as well. For example, on
my server I have
netflix: tensai, my_wife'[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(No that is not my wife's real email address, and no Jayce^ you can't
email her).
I've never used /etc/mail/virtualusertable. It all depends on what MTA
you're running. I'm guessing Sendmail or maybe Postfix, neither of which
I have much familiarity with but others do. What server are you running?
It's got to be Sendmail.
The file is actually /etc/mail/virtusertable ("virt", not "virtual").
/etc/aliases is system-wide across all domains on the left side, which
virtusertable can have full email addresses in different domains on the
left side. But virtusertable can't do pipes on the right side IIRC.
Jon
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