Val Luck wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a question, which I hope is simple enough.
>
> If my domain is MYDOMAIN.NET and my machinename that qmail is running on
> is QMAIL, then when I set vpopmail up, I have a
>
> ~vpopmail/users/
>
> directory. I then go and add the MYDOMAIN.NET with the vadddomain
> command, and now I also have
>
> ~vpopmail/domains/mydomain.net
>
> as a directory. On the advice of another qmail/vpopmail user, I set up a
> link from the users directory to the mydomain.net directory, so the local
> mail and the domain mail is the same
>
> # cd ~vpopmail
> # mv users users.bak
> # ln -s domains/mydomain.net users
>
> However, since I am still setting up and configuring this machine
> (qmail.mydomain.net), the MX record for my domain still points to another
> server running sendmail, so to get email here, I have to address the email
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which of course doesn't exist. So, I
> then created another link from that domain back to the main domain
>
> # cd ~vpopmail/domains
> # ln -s mydomain.net qmail.mydomain.net
>
> And all seems well.
>
> My quesion(s) are this:
>
> 1) Is this linking ok to do? Am I causing some unknown problem that I
> will regret later?
>
> 2) If not, how can I define the "default" domain to be
> "qmail.mydomain.net" so if it gets email for a user there,
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" it knows to stick it in the
> "users" directory and not the domains/qmail.mydomain.net
>
> Can I do this, and, do I want to?
>
> Any advice or experience would be most appreciated! Thanks!
>
> --Val
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Maybe you should use vaddaliasdomain instead of doing these
symbolic links. I would also not use the ~vpopmail/users
and link to the domain dir. Instead, I would configure
vpopmail with "--enable-default-domain=MYDOMAIN.COM" plus
your other options.
Be sure to add users with vadduser [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
not with vadduser username
Ken
