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Re: [LUG] Different IP address for mail

 

Hi Simon

On 3 Mar 2013, at 20:29, Simon Avery wrote:

> If you still have a mail server at Server 1, and you want user's mail
> sent to Server 2... Easy, and nothing to do with ip addresses.
> 
> Assuming your user's name is freddy, and you want his email sent to
> freddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> On server 1 where mail normally arrives, edit /etc/aliases
> 
> freddy: freddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Been using this a lot recently when migrating users to another server.
> Of course they need to use their new address as a reply-to, but this
> ensures no mail gets lost. And you don't need to run any additional
> program to fetch or push, but when you do use this to migrate
> somebody, imapsync is the bunny. (Complicated legal status, but the
> author has the latest versions on his site if you google around)

Thanks for the reply. Will this pick up all emails including those filed in folders 
though please? There is a lot of archived mail.
---
Kind regards

Richard Brown
Youth Worker
Wild Woods Project
07747 343637
http://wild-woods.org.uk/


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