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On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:42:43 +1300, Ralph Slooten wrote: |
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> > Are you running a local MTA? If so, this is set in the MTA's config; |
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> > for example in Postfix you would set "luser_relay=someuser". |
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> Yes, I can also specify this in the fetchmailrc, but it doesn't solve |
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> the problem that userA does not receive his mail if userB is not known. |
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So if a mail is sent to A and B and only A is a valid user, both copies |
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go to postmaster? |
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> All this does (I believe) is forward the unknown users to another |
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> machine. There is no other machine to forward to as all the users are on |
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> this current machine itself. |
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Not so, it forwards all mail for unknown users at one of your domains to |
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a specified user, so I have "luser_relay=neil" to get all such mail sent |
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to myself. |
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> The unknown users I am referring to are |
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> other users from different domains (not ours) included in the To and CC |
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> fields. |
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Ah, I see now. Having never used fetchmail in multi-drop mode (RTFMing |
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is a good way of making sure I don;t even attempt things like this) I |
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don;t know where you'd go next. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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An expert is nothing more than an ordinary person away from home. |
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