Sendmail Help??????????????

[manny_9]

I have attatched the sendmail config.

RH 9 ES 2.1

My Linux server forwards mail to a groupwise server.

I need to know how to keep a copy of the messages
on the Linux server...so when the groupwise server goes down users can still get their external email when GW is down.

Thanks

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

The way to go to accomplish this goal is to sto p mail forwarding.

The users already have GW accounts and accounts on Linux so.

Keep the external mail on the Linux box.

Enable popmail. This is sort of a security hazard, but can be done in a secure way.

/etc/xinetd.d/pop2d
/etc/xinetd.d/pop3d

change disable=yes to disable=no

service xinetd restart

Set up the clients to have popmail acess on the Linux server. This varies from client to cient but is fairly straightfoward.

You can also use squirrellmail on the Linux server in this scenario and let them access their mail with a browser.

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[manny_9]

Thanks Steven! You have always been a tremendous help to me.

One more question...

in etc/xinetd...I can see imap and imap~,ipop3 and ipop3~. Can I safely delete the ipop3~ etc.? is this what is causing the problem??


Thanks

[Steven E. Protter]

I would not delete any of them until you have chosen your solution.

If you want to use web based squirrelmail, you need imap.

I never bothered to figure out which configuration file makes popmail work, pop2d or pop3d, I've always just enabled both.

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