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Managing mail with MMDF
How to start a Mail manager
Problems with SCOadmin Mail Managers
Running the MMDF Configuration Manager
MMDF configuration information
Specifying the host name
Specifying networks to use with MMDF
Specifying format for mail user addresses
Selecting name server lookup method
Specifying where to forward mail for unknown hosts or users
Specifying the location of user mailboxes
Specifying the postmaster address
Redirecting mail for root or mmdf
Specifying full domain names for UUCP and Micnet hosts
Allowing mail replies between an MMDF and non-MMDF system through Micnet
Unsupported configurations
Testing MMDF configuration
Checking for MMDF problems
Testing mail addresses
Adding or removing a mail user
Adding or removing a user from system-wide aliases
Redirecting mail to another user
Removing or moving a retired mailbox
Managing mail hosts
Adding or removing a mail host
Specifying address rewriting
Removing a host
Changing a remote host name
Managing mail aliases and lists
Adding or removing a mail alias
Maintaining alias members in a file
Removing an alias
Bypassing aliases
Specifying public aliases
Adding or removing an alias member
Searching an alias or mailing list
Redirecting and piping mail
Maintaining mailing lists
The postmaster address
Associating users with a home machine
Managing mail channels
Adding channels
Specifying channel address parameters
Specifying channel delivery options
Removing a channel
Modifying channel parameters
Channel configuration strings
The uucp configuration string
The smtp configuration string
Routing mail for unrecognized hosts
Routing mail for unrecognized users
About mail channels
Channel programs
Managing mail domains
Adding or removing a domain
Modifying domain parameters
Domain names
Registering domain names
Mail addressing and delivery
Referencing addresses maintained in a file
Customizing mail delivery
Changing the deliver interval
Running multiple deliver processes
Specifying different time intervals for deliver
The deliver program
The submit program
Specifying uux routing options for UUCP
Specifying the MMDF ``signature''
Forwarding mail from one account to another
Changing the system name
How MMDF works
Processing incoming mail
Processing outgoing mail
How MMDF routes mail
Searching MMDF domain tables
MMDF configuration files
Modifying MMDF table parameters
Domain tables
Domain table format
The local.dom table
The root.dom table
The uucp.dom table
Creating other domain tables
LAN considerations
Channel tables
The local.chn table
The list.chn table
The uucp.chn table
The smtp.chn table
Alias and mailing list tables
How alias tables are created
How MMDF uses alias tables
Assigning Mail IDs
The mmdftailor file
Editing MMDF configuration files manually
Rebuilding the hashed database
Mail headers
Mailbox locking
Specifying MMDF authorizations
Specifying host-based authorization
Specifying user-based authorization
Setting routing-based authorization
Specifying both host and user authorization
Specifying channel authorization levels
Changing error logging levels
Authorization log files
Authorization message keys
Single-reason authorization codes
Two-reason authorization codes
Troubleshooting MMDF
Failed mail error
Mail does not work, no returned mail
Unable to reply to mail from a Micnet host
Mail command hangs
Mailbox locking problems
Undelivered messages in /usr/spool/mmdf/lock/home
Using name server resource records with MMDF
Mail-related name server resource records
MMDF delivers mail twice or not at all
Smtp cannot establish a remote connection
UUCP channel delays mail delivery
Message not deliverable
Example MMDF configurations over TCP/IP
Setting up MMDF on a TCP/IP network
Setting up MMDF using a mail gateway
Setting up MMDF over TCP/IP with a UUCP Internet gateway