An alternative to a .forward that tests for the hostname is a
host-specific .forward file. If your sendmail.cf files all have a
$z/.forward.$w
component in their "O ForwardPath" lines, then this can work. I, for
instance, use a .forward.helix. ($w is unqualified, at least here.)
Regards,
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rick(_at_)helix(_dot_)nih(_dot_)gov
http://www.dc-sage.org/bios/rick_troxel 301/435-2983
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On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Bill Pemberton wrote:
wfp5p> We've got a case where users have their home directories shared
wfp5p> among several machines, but the mail spool is NOT shared.
wfp5p> Obviously, their .forward will get read and procmail will be run
wfp5p> on all the machines. What I need is to be able to do a
wfp5p> procmailrc that will forward all the mail to one of the machines
wfp5p> and then on that machine it should run whatever rules the user
wfp5p> wants.