Re: [cobalt-users] very basic email setup

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Now I add a virtual site under the name of www.nomealaska.org. This
> is what I really want to use for our email. Here is where I get
> more confused. Under Control Panel/Email parameters, there  is a
> place to add Host/Domain Aliases

By default, the RaQ will 'answer' for the full hostname+domain name in 
someone's browser (www.nomealaska.org).  If someone enters just 
'nomealaska.org' the server won't acknowledge.  So you would enter 
'nomealaska.org' in the 'host/domain alias' field to make that 
happen.

This field is also useful if you own multiple domains and want just 
one to 'answer' for all of them.

> and under the Site Management/Site Settings there is a place to add
> email server aliases.

Like web, the RaQ will default to accepting email for 
user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Nobody sends mail like that, so you'd want 
to enter 'nomealaska.org' as an email server alias, so mail to 
user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx will work.  (Same rules as web alias apply for 
multiple domain handling).

> I'm not clear on which gets what. (This domain is also hosted on
> register.com and has mx records pointing to nomealaska.org and
> mail.nomealaska.org there.)

As long as there are "A" records for both nomealaska.org and 
mail.nomealaska.org pointing to the IP address on the RaQ, you should 
be ok.

> Back to control panel/email parameters, would I need to use the
> 'Relay for following Hosts/Domains' for the virtual site
> nomealaska.org and other domains/ip numbers?

Nope, only if you want to allow other IP/domains to use your server as 
an outbound SMTP server...  Generally you shouldn't need to touch 
anything there for "normal" hosting setups.

> Here's what's happening:  I set up an 8 letter username and then a
> full name email alias for a user. I couldn't get it to work with
> the alias until I added it in the virtualusertable.

Hm. This should happen automatically when you 'save' the user...

> I've got our outgoing SMTP server set to use smtp.gci.net on our PC
> email programs. 

So smtp.gci.net is set as your 'smart relay server'??

> So if starting with clean slate and I want the Raq server to be
> nomecity.org and a virtual site with all the users and their email
> coming to/from the domain nomealaska.org, with internet
> connectivity from GCI and our domains hosted on register.com, what
> do I use under the relay hosts/domains, the email hosts/domains,
> and the sitesettings email domain aliases?

Internet connectivity and DNS hosting provider are irrelevant (as long 
as they are all set up correctly!)... Nothing 'manual' should need to 
be tweaked in "Relay hosts/domains".  Email server alias and domain 
alias should both be 'nomealaska.org'

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Bruce Timberlake

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