At 04:13 PM 3/11/2001, Kirti S. Bajwa wrote:
set the MX for ns1 to point to ns2. then sent mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] will goto ns2
you'll still need some sort of mail app on ns1. just install qmail on both
machines.......:-)
why don't you want to install qmail on ns1?
~kurth
>I have read "Life with Qmail" about 20+ times. I believe I did not make my
>question clear as your answer does not answer my question (or it does not
>seem to):
>
>In my case, ns1.mydomain.com has no mail package installed. On this server
>when a "Cron" job runs, it does not find a user account "news" because I
>deleted it (as part of another write-up recommendation). Therefore, the
>"Cron" job creates a message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" informing that it
>did not find the "news" user account.
>
>This message display only during LOGIN process. Here is the login sequence:
>--------------------------------------
>
> ns1 login: root ; user id root is
>entered
> Password: rootpassword ; Password is
>entered
> Last login: Sun Mar 11 15:06:21 on tty1 ; This message is displayed
>back
> You have mail ; System displays
>the mail message
> [root@ns1 /root]# mail ; I enter "mail"
>
> (system displays the mail messages...)
> (messages are addressed to "[EMAIL PROTECTED] and are generated
>by Daily Cron job)
>
>--------------------------------------
>
>Having explained it, I don't believe, "LWQ" or any other write-up discusses
>this type of problem, if it does can you point the section where this type
>of situation is covered in "LWQ".
>
>My original question was "How can I re-direct the email messages generated
>on ns1.mydomain.com?". Your answer will make sense if I have qmail loaded on
>ns1.mydomain.com. In my original message, I said that ns1.mydomain.com does
>not have any mail application on it. ns2.mydomain.com does have qmail.
>
>Again, my question is; how email messages generated on ns1.mydomain.com can
>be sent to ns2.mydomain, which has qmail on it and ns1.mydomain.com is
>listed in /var/qmail/control/local?
>
>Kirti
>
>
>PS: I re-read "LWQ" before sending this message.
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Todd A. Jacobs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 3:08 PM
>To: Kirti S. Bajwa
>Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: RE: Redirect email!
>
>
>On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Kirti S. Bajwa wrote:
>
> > When you refer to "desired address", is it the UID (which is "root")
> > or something else? I have setup .qmail files and would appreciate
> > which folder this particular .qmail file you are referring to?
>
>No, I mean an actual, deliverable email address. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is a
>deliverable email address. You put it in $HOME/.qmail for whichever user
>you want to forward mail for.
>
>Please read http://www.lifewithqmail.org/ before asking these sorts of
>questions. It's one thing to be confused about something in the docs (I
>often am, since they aren't very extensive), but it helps to at least have
>a foundation to understand the answers people give you.
>
>--
>Todd A. Jacobs
>CodeGnome Consulting, LTD
