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- From: iacovou@leto.cs.umn.edu (Neophytos Iacovou)
- Subject: mail config and filter files -- what to do
- Message-ID: <iacovou.715320456@myria>
- Summary: can't use Elm's filter system under current mail config
- Keywords: mail-server, filter files
- Sender: news@news2.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: leto.cs.umn.edu
- Organization: University of Minnesota
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 04:07:36 GMT
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- Hi;
-
- We are running a mail config. which involves a central mail server, and
- a cluster of clients that send all mail to the mail server for final delivery
- (this includes both incoming and outgoing mail). The mail server exports
- /usr/spool/mail to itself and to all of the clients, but the mail server does
- not mount user home directories. Also, users are not allowed to log into the
- mail server (they have no shell on the mail server).
-
- The problem is this (and I would like to know how others have gone about
- solving it), since the mail server does not mount the users' home dir. their
- .forward file does not get read (remember, the clients ship all mail to the
- mail server for final delivery).
-
- The solution is trivial when the .forward file contains a site to forward
- mail to, but it is a little tricky when users are using ELM's filter package.
-
- What can I do to get filter back? I can't even mount the users' home dir.
- on the mail server since they have no shell there. I don't want every client
- in our dept. writing to /usr/spool/mail, so client delivery of local mail is
- out.
-
- Help. I'm stuck. What have others done in similar situtations? I can't be
- the first to get in this bind.
-
- Thanks in advance for any and all help !!
-
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- Neophytos Iacovou
- University of Minnesota email: iacovou@cs.umn.edu
- Computer Science Department ...!rutgers!umn-cs!iacovou
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