X-Git-Url: https://git.adam-barratt.org.uk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=web%2Fforward.wml;h=172ef01490b8e99b798414b298165675758bdc81;hb=9c46f82fc6e9dc4f6966dafcf2cca92d5f01ec80;hp=ec56f37566ea712c329e2d4195c4445258824dca;hpb=d5ecd5cf0c1a103e7559e03d5206acd4be4f97af;p=mirror%2Fuserdir-ldap.git diff --git a/web/forward.wml b/web/forward.wml index ec56f37..172ef01 100644 --- a/web/forward.wml +++ b/web/forward.wml @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ #use wml::debian::template title="Email Forwarding"
-Emails to @debian.org now go through a LDAP distributed email system. This -system uses the forwarding field in the LDAP directory to route mail without -passing it through a users .forward file on a single computer. -Multiple machines participate in the forwarding to provide redudency. +Emails to @debian.org addresses now go through a LDAP distributed email system. +This system uses the forwarding field in the LDAP directory to route mail +without passing it through a users .forward file on a single host. +Multiple machines participate in the forwarding to provide redudancy.
-Each of the forwarders inspects the LDAP database +Each forwarders inspects the LDAP database to see if foo@debian.org has forwarding set to an address, if so the envelope to address is rewritten and the message redirected to the new address. Otherwise the message is relayed to master.debian.org for processing by the @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ email. If the user has a home directory and no .forward file the mail is forwarded rather than delivered to /var/spool/mail. This makes sure cron reports, bug responses and other unexpected emails are not misplaced. +
+If you set the forwarding address to be a specific Debian machine and do +not create a forward file then that machine will spool the mail to +/var/spool/mail instead of creating a mail loop. +
The email forwarding can be easially reconfigured using GnuPG:
@@ -27,6 +32,10 @@ echo "emailforward: foo@bar.com" | gpg --clearsign | mail change@db.debian.orgor by visiting db.debian.org +
+You can test the email routing by using the command /usr/sbin/exim -bt +foo@debian.org +
Mailbox format files "/debian/home/foo/Mbox" @@ -53,8 +62,8 @@ Exim.
Also, 'Exim Filter' files are deliberately turned off. -
-Such that, $RECIPIENT = $LOCAL-EXTENSION@<something>. +Such that, $RECIPIENT = $LOCAL-$EXTENSION@<something>.