ART MATRIX - LIGHTLINK PO 880 Ithaca, NY 14851-0880 (607) 277-0959 Voice (607) 277-8913 Fax (607) 277-5026 Modems homer@lightlink.com E-mail jes@lightlink.com E-mail 01/04/98 4:42pm 10/09/06 Monday 4:58pm EST VIRTUAL DOMAIN MAIL FORWARDING Domain mail forwarding files consist of one or more lines containing the virtual address on the left and the real address on the right. For example, homer@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com This would cause all mail sent to homer@artmatrix.com to be forwarded to homer@lightlink.com. DEFAULT ENTRIES Default or catch all entries have a virtual domain name alone on the left and a real address on the right, like so: artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com This says that ANY mail to anyone@artmatrix.com will go to homer@lightlink.com by default unless otherwise specified by a specific entry as shown below. SPECIFIC ENTRIES Specific entries have a virtual address on the left and a real address on the right, like so: homer@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com DO NOT PLACE YOUR DOMAIN NAME ON THE RIGHT! That will create a mail loop and lose mail. Default entries for a domain should come first, followed by specific entries, like so: artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com homer@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com sales@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com,jes@rahul.net If you do not want a catch all address, leave it out, addresses not otherwise listed will get a 'user unknown' bounce. homer@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com jes@artmatrix.com jane@lightlink.com accounting@artmatrix.com angie@lightlink.com,angie@aol.com All mail not explicitly to homer, jes or accounting will bounce everything else will be delivered as usual. When there are two or more addresses on the right, the mail goes to all of them. LEAVING OUT THE VIRTUAL DOMAIN When writing virtual addresses on the left, you can leave off the @domain.com if you wish. For example, homer homer@lightlink.com *ALL* entries on the left will be assumed to be at your domain whether or not you specify it. The right hand domain MUST be entered on the right hand item unless the address is at lightlink.com. You can have as many identical right hand items as you wish. For example, homer@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com sales@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com tech@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com Do not put two lines with identical left hand items. This may cause your whole file to fail. Left hand user ids may be of any reaonsable length, but must contain only LOWER CASE letters, numbers, periods, dashes and underbars. homer.smith@artmatrix.com homer@lightlink.com On the internet, e-mail addresses are NOT case sensitive, so the above forwarding can be advertised as Homer.Smith@ArtMatrix.com but must be entered in your mail forwarding file as lower case. Homer