-- qmailadmin ---
Name postmaster already used.
. ADD FORWARD ACCOUNT .
Forward Email Address:
Local Name:
Forward Email Address should be of the form [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Local name should be of the form: popaccount
IE,
Forward: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LocalName: sales
That would send all mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- sample domain listing --
[root@paradigm:/home/vpopmail/domains/axleless.com]
# ls -la
total 11
drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 512 Aug 23 13:15 .
drwx------ 4 vpopmail vchkpw 512 Aug 18 17:47 ..
-rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 34 Aug 18 17:41 .dir-control
-rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 62 Aug 18 17:44 .qmail-jks
-rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 21 Aug 19 05:56 .qmail-questions
-rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 63 Aug 18 17:43 .qmail-webmaster
-rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Aug 18 17:41 .vpasswd.lock
drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 512 Aug 22 22:27 postmaster
-rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 110 Aug 18 17:41 vpasswd
-rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2180 Aug 18 17:41 vpasswd.cdb
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Griffith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 1:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: postmaster account
Excuse me,
I did try it and it works fine on my system. I have all the postmaster for
all 85 domains forwarding to one account..
That means you already have a forward set up for postmaster.
-rick
> You should probably try it out before you tell someone to do it.
>
> qmailadmin complains: "Name postmaster already used."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Griffith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 9:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: postmaster account
>
>
> Yes,
>
> Login to qmailadmin and click "add new forward"
> Then enter the email address you want to forward to and
> localname as postmaster. Then click OK.
>
> This is all you need to do..
>
> -rick
>
>
> > I do want to receive mail addressed to the each postmaster account, by
> means
> > of forwarding or redirection to another mailbox, not by checking each by
> > means of pop. But I also want qmailadmin to work. Changing postmaster
to a
> > .qmail-postmaster file breaks qmailadmin.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rick Griffith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 12:30 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: postmaster account
> >
> >
> > don't delete the postmaster account you created within vpopmail.
> >
> > if you don't want an account to have to check within your "mail program"
> > then just don't include it. But every domain has to have a postmaster
> > account. It doesn't mean you have to check it.
> >
> > Maybe we/I are not understanding exactly what you are trying to do..
> >
> > -rick
> >
> > > Deleting the domains/somedomain.com/postmaster directory to create a
> > > domains/somedomain.com/.qmail-postmaster errors out qmailadmin, "bad
> > file".
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rick Griffith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 2:34 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: postmaster account
> > >
> > >
> > > Just don't add the postmaster accounts in you "mail program". Have
> > > postmaster forward to the account already have in your "mail program"
> > > -rick
> > >
> > > > I missphrased my problem. I don't want to delete the account, I want
> to
> > do
> > > > away with the mailbox. Who wants to add an account for each domain
in
> > > their
> > > > email program? postmaster%domain1.com, postmaster%domain2.com....
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Gabriel Ambuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 7:11 AM
> > > > To: Mark Chesney
> > > > Subject: Re: postmaster account
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello Mark,
> > > >
> > > > Tuesday, August 22, 2000, 2:50:23 PM, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'd rather not have a postmaster account for each virtual domain,
> > > >
> > > > The existence of postmaster@domain is required by RfC. It would be
> > > > QUITE bad to kill that account.
> > > >
> > > > > but instead forward all of them to a single mailbox.
> > > >
> > > > Uuh. This is asking for problems. Hard to tell what's going on when
a
> > > > error occurs. I wouldn't do it...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Gabriel
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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