Re: [cobalt-users] Raq3 - virtusertable - email forwarding toLotus Server

[David Minodier <David.Minodier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You are right. Sorry I should have mentionned
the following: for some security reasons, we cannot
do that: the Lotus server could in that case be directely
accessed from the internet world.
We want the cobalt (itself protected by a firewall) to be
in between the outside world and the Lotus server...
This explains why we want the mail to be smtp (mta) forwarded.
Many thanks anyway.

Any other ideas ?
Please, again, if you have some documentation
on the virtusertable file, I'd be so happy to get it !

David Minodier.


Roman Sainz wrote:
> 
> I believe that you should do those changes at the DNS level. Don't worry
> about virtualusertables. Just add (or modify) the MX record of the dns, so
> it points to the lotus mail server.
> 
> Example;
> Let's asume that the IP of virtsite1.net is 111.111.111.111
> and the IP of the lotus mail server is 222.222.222.222
> 
> Now, set up DNS as this.
> 
> #1 virtsite1.net        ->    111.111.111.111
> #2 www.virtsite1.net    ->    111.111.111.111
> 
> #3 mail.virtsite1.net   ->    222.222.222.222
> #4 virtsite1.net            mail is sent to the High priority mail server
> mail.virtsite1.net
> 
> Records 1,2and 3 are "A" records.
> Record 4 is a "MX" record.
> Do not try to shortcut by pointing the "MX" record directly to the server
> IP. (It won't work).
> 
> At 11:23 AM 5/15/01 +0200, you wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >We have a virtual site on a Raq3i (virtsite1.net).
> >Behind this site there is a real company with a Lotus
> >Server.
> >The email users at this company use Lotus and
> >their Lotus Notes (mail client) is connected to their Lotus server.
> >They can not change that.
> >
> >Now, we would like all the external mail sent to anyuser@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >be automatically smtp-forwarded to the Lotus server. (Basically we
> >don't want the
> >Lotus Server to become a pop3 client).
> >
> >
> >We tried in the virtusertable:
> >
> >%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx     %1@[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> >where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Lotus Server.
> >An email test to foo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cause the sendmail to reject it
> >since
> >foo is unknown on the cobalt.
> >
> >More generally speaking, has someone got some **good** documentation
> >on the
> >syntax and rules of the Cobalt Raq3 virtusertable file ?
> >
> >
> >Many thanks.
> >
> >David Minodier.
> >
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