Topic: Mail server Question

[cc_skavenger]

I am using a hosted e-mail solution and want to change from it because it is very unreliable.  The question is that the users have to use username@domain.com as the user name and I wanted to know if it is possible to do this with SME 6.

TIA

Marco

[arne]

Yes it's possible. The thing is that you then will have to register the domain name and set up some dns server that "points" to your SME ip.

I used to have that before, but because of a dynamic ip this gave some errors no and then.

To day I just use a dyndns.org adress for the SME and the permanent domain adress at a web hotel. Then a use a adress redirection at the web hotel that forwrad all the mail to the dyndns.org adress.

Works ok. The reason for this arrangement is only because of a dynamic ip. If you have a static ip there will be no problem to send all mail to your SME server directly.

If you will receive the mail directely to the SME you will need a dns server. It's most easy to buy the dns server service from some exteral wendor, the domain registrar for instance.

[cc_skavenger]

arne,
thanks for the reply.  I already have several e-mail servers in place.  I already have my own dns servers.  I just need to know if it is possible to use user@domain.com as the user name to retrieve mail (and if so, does anyone know how), instead of just the username without the @domain.com.

Thanks

[smeghead]

To my knowledge this is not supported by Qmail in the standard SME configuration (it may be poss to change Qmail to support it but a Qmail guru would need to answer that one).

If I have several domains to do this with where I need say paul@domain1 and a paul@domain2 I use the Dungog vdomain module to make life a bit easier, check it out.

HTH

[cc_skavenger]

thanks,

will keep searching...