From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 17 10:36:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA21518 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:36:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA21483 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:36:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA05193; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:36:17 -0700 Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:36:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: rcj@c-edv.de cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: different receipt, but same alias In-Reply-To: <199604171049.MAA19513@center.c-edv.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Rudolf Christel wrote: > i have two user, which want the same alias. How can I select to get > the mail to the correct address. > > both are local addresses. but if it necessary this could be a machine > of its own. > > user 1 > support@master.host.domain > > user 2 > support@host.domain. So you want to forward one to the other? If those two are the same machines, it should probably have a MX record (just don't ask me how!). Otherwise, put a file called ".forward" in the home directory of support on the machine you want to NOT receive the mail, and put the email address of the user you WANT to receive the mail in it. Then the mail will be forwarded from one account to the other. Or you could set up a mail alias in /etc/aliases like so: support:support@master.host.domain if the user called 'support' doesn't exist. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major