Actually there is an easier way and it needs only one domain. That is to use
the 'Alias' field for the current domains, Host Configuration, and add
"domain2.com domain3.com" (no "" and a 'space' as a separator). Now IMail
will accept email addressed to joe@(any_of_the_3_domains), and place that
into his mailbox. Only if you expect those domains not to be shared in the
future, would I create the other domains and use Len's methods.
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Multiple domains sharing the same IP Address
>
> >Suppose a site has 3 domain names sharing a single IP, a 'primary' domain
> >(eg, domain1.com) and 2 others pointing to it (eg, domain2.com &
> >domain3.com).
>
> aka "virtual domains", just like in Unix. vbg
>
> >Now my question is whether it is possible to have a user (eg,
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]) at the 'primary' domain accept any mail sent to 'joe' no
> >matter which of the 3 domain names is used?
>
> Yes, see below.
>
> For mail delivery purposes, there's no distinction or preference for
> the default/primary mailhost vs the virtual domains.
>
> >In other words, is there a way to configure IMail to accept mail sent to
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] as being the same as being sent to
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] so that in effect all the same users are shared across 3
> >domains with only one mailbox? and any mail to a user, no matter which of
> >the 3 domain names is used, is accepted at that one mailbox? Otherwise I
am
> >assuming you would need to set up IMail for 3 separate domains with no
> >'defaulting' to the 'primary' domain...
>
> The default domain's directory is:
>
> domains\virt1\users\joe\main.mbx
>
> If you define the directory for virt2 and virt3 as also being:
>
> domains\virt1\users\joe\main.mbx
>
> Then, there is only one joe mailbox, but three possible addresses:
>
> joe@virt1
> joe@virt2
> joe@virt3
>
> All joe's mail gets delivered to
>
> domains\virt1\users\joe\main.mbx
>
> To have 3 distinct joe mailboxes:
>
> domains\virt1\users\joe\main.mbx
> domains\virt2\users\joe\main.mbx
> domains\virt3\users\joe\main.mbx
>
> Len
>
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