On Fri, 08 Sep 2000, Declan Grady wrote:
> A very basic question ...
> I have a redhat6.2 box as a firewall .... "almost" working.
> I have a separate machine onthe same lan running an pop3 server
> (win98/Mdaemon)
>> How can I get all root email from the linux box to got to a specific
> address on the Mdaemon ?
>> Both machines have fixed IP addresses on the lan, so I guess it should be
> simple.
>> Any help most appreciated.
>> Thanks,
> Declan
>>
Correct me If I'm wrong but thats just a simple case of putting a line in the
.forward file in the root user's home directory containing the email address
of the specific user on the other machine....
You should probably ensure that the other machine's ip/hostname is in the
/etc/hosts file...
rgds,
tom.
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