group or aliases file?
If i have a client that wants a few addresses forwarded to external addresses hosted elsewhere..
say:
help@localdomain.com
info@localdomain.com
sales@localdomain.com
and they want them all forwarded to a different external address. (each would be forwarded to a different external.. not all to the same external)
should i add them to the aliases file? or should i create 3 groups... each group forwarding to a single external address?
And if by chance they wanted all three local addresses forwarded to the SAME external address.. can i create a single group in LDAP.. and assign the single group a few alternate addresses? with one external address?
Just curious what would be the "best" way to do this.. as far as performance etc..
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callenj98] at [2007-11-26 9:39:51]
# 1
Um, "groups" file? Not in Messaging Server.Aliases file? Yes, if you want. Typically a "bad idea"LDAP mailing list? Excellent. You can use external and/or internal addresses as you wish. No maximum size.
# 2
didn't say a group file. was referring to a group in LDAP created with the commadmin group create command.
so can a group have multiple addresses? (not addresses of members.. but email addresses for the group itself)
ie -
if i want to create a group that has three addresses (again.. not member address) like:
sales@localdomain.com
info@localdomain.com
help@localdomain.com
so that if someone emails ANY of the above email address.. the email is forwarded to all members of the group.
or would i need to create three separate groups for this?
# 3
sure. a mailing list or mailing group may have mailalternateaddresses, just as many as you like.
I suggest you make 'em "mailing lists" rather than "groups". The difference is that when you send to a "group", the mail is delivered from 'You", but when it's sent via a list, it comes from "the list".
To convert, add a
mgrpErrorsTo attribute
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2657/6n4ub3hnn?a=view
# 5
one last follow up question on this..:) (not getting off this easy Jay) <g>
i created a group with the commadmin.. and i am trying to add an additional external member.. but it does not like my syntax. one thing i notice in the "commadmin group modify" command line docs... is that the -M option is only valid if i am using the "-S mail" option.. but it will not let me use "-S mail" option in my modify command.. i get the error that mail services are already enabled for this group.
So to add an additional external member.. should i use the -A option with the "+" before the member attribue instead?
like:
-A +mgrprfc822mailmember:someone@domain.com
can the -M only be used when you first create the group? but not when you modify?
Thanks jay.. i may be splitting hairs here..
