Email routing to another server

[timdriedger]

I would like to test Scalix Server with a few employees.

What is the best way to do this?

I am planning to setup the Scalix Server, point the DNS MX record to it and then have the server forward existing "none beta" users email to the old server. The beta users would use the Scalix server.

Is there a simple way to route all email to the old server except for the accounts that are setup locally?

Am I doing this all wrong?

[grahamk]

I did this during my testing phase using a subdomain, resolvable only on the local network.

ie, if your email address is user@mail.com, forward mail from your server to user@scalix.mail.com. Just need to make sure your mailserver (the one which you are forwarding to) is configured to receive mail for the subdomain .

[timdriedger]

If I do this can the users on the Scalix server still send and recieve email as user@mail.com?

This might work. Can you give me any more info on how to set this up?

Thanks.

[mikevl]

If you are useinh Outlook you can use Outlook rules to forward messages
If you are using SWA then there is a rules wizard there as well
or if you have many users to batch rule then you can use the sxaa utility which can be found at http://www.scalix.com/wiki/index.php?ti ... source_Kit

When you forward to a mail box on another server be sure to change the address of the user slightly ie

scalix user user@mail.com forwards to old server as user@old.mail.com or you may get looping of your mail

Your DNS will have to know where old.mail.com is. you can either or add an entry to your Scalix server hosts file
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx old.mail.com old
and optionally put an entry in you DNS records

Mike

[joako]

Play with Scalix for a few months. Break it. Upgrade it. Read the (non-exsistant) documentation.....

All the mail runs through sendmail twice. You should be able to modify your sendmail rules (somehow,.. the relationship between scalix and sendmail is not documented) to do what you desire.