E-mail Configuration

There are several types of E-mail accounts on the server.

E-mail forwarding

Used to forward E-mail from one account to the other.

This is configured in the /etc/aliases file. Add a line to the file something like these:

user1:         address2@SomePlaceOrOther.com
user2:         webmaster

Edit this file by FTP or iRoot. (When using FTP Transfer it both ways in ASCII mode)

After Editing, run the vnewaliases command from either a telnet prompt or from iRoot at http://YourDomain/cgi-bin/admin/gateway.cgi

The vnewaliases command transfers the /etc/aliases file into the E-mail database. E-mail aliases can be more than 8 characters long.

POP E-mail/FTP accounts

These are configured with the vadduser command from either a telnet prompt or from http://YourDomain/cgi-bin/admin/gateway.cgi

POP/FTP account names are limited to 8 characters

POP/FTP accounts are unique across all the domains hosted on your virtual server. Meaning the same account can be accessed/used as

pop1@domain1.com
pop1@domain2.com 

Virtual mapped E-mail

This allows you to have multiple Aliasing accounts with the same username, but using different domain names. For example:

webmaster@domain1.com
webmaster@domain2.com

This is configured in the /etc/virtmaps file. Add a line to the file something like these, or follow the pattern that is already there in the file

webmaster@domain1.com    webmaster@SomePlaceOrOther.com
webmaster@domain2.com    pop1 

After Editing, run the vnewaliases command from a telnet prompt.

Autoresponders

The server can also be set up to automatically respond to received mail.

Mailing Lists

The server also supports the majordomo mailing list software.

Splitting E-mail

Need to duplicate an e-mail message when it arrives at the server, and send it to two different recipients? In the /etc/aliases file, or the /etc/virtmaps file add a line like the following:

SplitTwoWays:    account1, account2

(Pay attention to the placement of the colon ":" because it differs between the two files.)

What Happens When New Mail is Received?

When mail is received by the server, it is processed in the following order:

Virtual Mapped
E-mail Forwarding
Pop E-mail

Any one of the three can take the mail out of the sequence, and send it off to someplace else, so the following protocol doesn't receive it. If the higher level protocol doesn't intercept the mail, then the mail falls through to the next level. If none of the levels can handle the mail, then it bounces.

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