[PLUG] Mail Forwarding

Carlos Konstanski ckonstanski at pippiandcarlos.com
Tue Feb 16 16:59:00 UTC 2010


On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Rich Shepard wrote:

> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:54:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> To: plug at pdxlinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] Mail Forwarding
>
>   My sister has had an account with yahoo for her mail and, naturally
> enough, gets a ton of spam. She's moving in a few weeks and her new apartment
> comes with access to Comcast (I believe) so she'll drop the yahoo account.
> And, she would like to have her mail addressed to one of my domains to take
> advantage of the postfix and spamassassin filters in place here.
>
>   Do she need an account on the local server before I can forward mail to
> her? I'm not sure of the postfix processing sequence; whether incoming
> messages are checked for a valid (i.e., known) user before being forwarded.
>
>   I'm sure a bunch of folks here provide this filtering and forwarding
> service for family and friends (and paying clients, too) so any suggestions,
> recommendations, and advice you have will be welcome.
>
> Rich

I have a virtual setup, which requires no local account in
/etc/passwd. I can tell you all about it. But not right now, for I am
about to go to class. If no one else steps up, I'll help a brother out.

Carlos



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