usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (09/27/88)
We are currently in the process of converting all our mail systems
(and machines) to using name service. Once this is done, outgoing
mail to anywhere should work, and people should be able to reply.
What we'd like to do is implement a mail exchange system, so that:
1. Mail to 'user@host.cps.msu.edu' always goes to the same
machine (say, 'mailer.cps.msu.edu'). We should be able to
do this with MX records, right?
2. (The hard part.) Mail to 'user@cps.msu.edu' should go to
the "right" machine for that user (preferably set by the user,
but having a fixed place for it is OK as long as it isn't too
much work to maintain).
Does anyone have software for this? Our mail machine would be
either a Sun-3 (running SunOS 3.x or 4.0), or a VAX 8600 (running
Ultrix 2.2 or thereabouts). Is there an easy solution using existing
software? We don't want to give users accounts on the mailer, and
maintaining an alias file (user => user@host) would be a lot of work
(with students coming, going, and moving at the rate of 50-100 per
quarter).
Suggestions? Send e-mail to rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu, or post.
Thanks!
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| Anton Rang (grad student) | "VMS forever!" |
| Michigan State University | rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu |
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