SUMMARY: Mail configuration question

From: Mary Aplin <aplin_at_alpha.loyno.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 18:16:03 +0200 (MET DST)

Summarizing responses to my recent posting regarding mail configuration...

> I'm running OSF v2.0 on an Alpha 3300. I just got rid of an old ibm
> mainframe that used to be our mail machine; its name was
> music.loyno.edu. We're now running mail on our Alpha system; its name
> is beta.loyno.edu.
>
> I am still, however, getting some mail addressed to music.loyno.edu.
> I'm looking for a way for beta.loyno.edu to process mail that is
> originally addressed to music.loyno.edu. I have figured out how to
> use a mail exchange record to get my nameserver to pass the mail for
> music over to beta, but am now looking for a way for beta to actually
> deliver the mail on beta. (Many of the user accounts on beta have the
> same login as they had on music. If there was a way to strip
> "music.loyno.edu" off of the messages, beta should be able to process
> most of them.)
>

The overwhelming response was to add the following record to my
/var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf file:

Cwmusic.loyno.edu

I will try this first thing on Monday.

Thanks again for the help!!!

Mary Aplin
Loyola University, New Orleans
Received on Fri Jul 07 1995 - 23:50:44 NZST

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