"John DuBois" <spcecdt@deeptht.armory.com> wrote in message
news:40610dea$0$430$8eec23a@newsreader.tycho.net.. .
> In article <0001HW.BC84DF0F0003C3D3F0305600@usenet.plus.net >,
> Simon Hobson <simonsnews@thehobsons.codotuk> wrote:
> >Can anyone tell me, or direct me to some reasonably simple instructions,
how
> >to configure MMDF on OS 5.0.6 to send ALL mail to a separate mail host ?
We
> >don't use mail on the SCO box, but we do need to use one or two
activities
> >that produce mail output and have that mail delivered to users via their
> >normal mail system - even when they have an account on the SCO box.
>
> Assuming that you already have the mail system working, I think that this
> should work:
>
> First, configure the "badusers" channel if you haven't done so already:
> run
>
> scoadmin 'mmdf configuration'
>
> select 'Forwarding'
>
> Under 'Unknown User Forwarding', select 'Forward mail for unknown users',
> and give the hostname that you want to forward all mail to.
>
> Test this to make sure it works - send mail to a username that doesn't
exist on
> the local host but does on the destination host, and check that it
arrives.
>
> Once you have that working, edit /usr/mmdf/mmdftailor, find the MCHN entry
with
> "name=local" in it, and comment it out with # or ;. Then find the MCHN
entry
> with "name=badusers" in it. Copy the entire entry (several lines). In
the
> duplicate MCHN entry, change name=badusers to name=local. This tells MMDF
to
> deliver local mail via the badusers channel, which forwards it to another
host.
>
> Save that and test to see that mail to users who do exist on the local
host
> is now forwarded to those users on the destination host.
>
> John
> --
> John DuBois spcecdt@armory.com KC6QKZ/AE
http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/
>

Under hostname for ''Forward mail for unknown users' can I put mail email
address or a baduser login address ?