Managing Mail with MMDF

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

Administering a local MMDF system
        How to start a Mail manager
        Managing mail aliases and lists
                Adding or removing a mail alias
                        Maintaining alias members in a file
                        Removing an alias
                Adding or removing an alias member
                Searching an alias or mailing list
                        Redirecting and piping mail
                Maintaining mailing lists
        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
        Checking the status of mail queues
                Removing old mail from the queues
        Monitoring log files
        MMDF configuration files
                        The list.chn table
                Alias and mailing list tables
                Assigning Mail IDs
                The mmdftailor file
                Editing configuration files manually
                        Rebuilding the hashed database
                Mailbox locking

mail(C) commands

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