Subject: Re: mail routing on firewall
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/22/2000 11:38:33
G'day Rex,
many thanks for your help. This was the key to get me unstuck
resulting in another BSD box to come online... :-)
cheerio Berndt
Rex McMaster wrote
> I have sites with similar layout, using sendmail's LUSER_RELAY.
>
> The mc entry is;
>
> define(`LUSER_RELAY',mail.domain1)dnl
>
> - External users (domain2) are aliased, so miss the relay.
> - Local accounts also miss the relay.
> - The rest are relayed to the internal mailserver.
>
> Ref: /usr/share/sendmail/README
>
> LUSER_RELAY The site that will handle lusers -- that is, apparently
> local names that aren't local accounts or aliases.
>
> --
> Rex McMaster rex@mcmaster.wattle.id.au
> http://www.compsoft.com.au/~rmcm/pgp-pk
>
> Berndt Josef Wulf writes:
> > G'day,
> >
> > is there a FAQ/Document on setting up mail distribution on a firewall?
> >
> > The situation is the following:
> >
> > Currently, the firewall in use is Borderware which is nolonger
> > supported and will be replaced by NetBSD. There are geographically
> > seperated user groups for which email will arrive at the firewall.
> >
> > External users are listed in the /etc/alias list of the firewall and
> > their email is redirected to the appropriate accounts. For all other
> > users, email is redirected to the internal mailserver, Groupwise 5.2.
> >
> > The aim is to redirect email for external users at the firewall and
> > not from the internal mailserver.
> >
> >
> > user-ext@domain1|
> > |--- internet ---> [fw.domain1] ---+
> > user-int@domain1| | |
> > | |
> > | |
> > user-ext@domain2 <-- internet ---------+ |
> > |
> > v
> > [mail.domain1]
> >
> >
> > Is anyone using a similar setup? Suggestions? Pointers?
--
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