Re: [cobalt-users] Catchall email

[Wouter van Reeven <wreeven@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,


> Thanks Wouter (is that right?),

Yes it is :-)

> The catchall now works using the @www.domain.com address but I have
> an even stranger problem it seems
> 
> I should say before I go into the problems that they seem to have got
> worse since I have installed the last set of patches/kernel.
> 
> If I enter an Email Server Alias under Site Settings e.g. domain.com and try
> sending mail to user@xxxxxxxxxx I get the message "config error: mail
> loops back to me (MX problem?)".
> 
> If I go to Server Management -> Control Panel -> Email -> Email server
> parameters the alias I just entered is not in the Host/Domain aliases list,
> so if I add it manually and save changes then go back into Email server
> parameters it is still not there.
> 
> The only way I can get domain.com to appear under Host/Domain Aliases is
> to leave the Email Server Alias empty then add domain.com manually to the
> Host/Domain Aliases list.
> 
> This means that I can sent/receive mail Ok but only for actual users, if
> I try and send a mail to an Alias it gives the error "User unknown".
> 
> I have searched the list for a solution to this problem, and it appears
> that there are quite a few people having problems like this with Email
> the question is  has anyone been able to successfully configure their
> system to work fully, that is to be able to send mail to users & aliases
> without problems?


Eerrhhmm, I think you misunderstood what I just told you. But I have to
admit it's a bit confusing. In Control Panel -> Email Server Parameters
only www.domain.com should be entered. In the Site Settings page for
this domain, domain.com should be entered the Email Server Aliases. Then
it should work fine. you can test it by telnetting into the server as
admin and typing

/usr/sbin/sendmail -bv username@xxxxxxxxxx

You should get a reply like

username@xxxxxxxxxxxxx deliverable: mailer local, user username

If the mailer is not local but www.domain.com you did something wrong
:-)





> > yes, the solution is to modify the catch-all rules to be
> > @www.domain.extension
> > Please note that when the hostname is different from www, for instance
> > mail, the catch-all should be @mail.domain.extension. that's
> > exactly why
> > the @domain.extension options was dropped. Also please note
> > that making
> > the catch-all be @www.domain.extension still  means that
> > sending mail to
> > non-existing-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx will be accepted by the catch-all.
> 
> >
> 
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Wouter van Reeven
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