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Title: qmail customization - please help
Post by: Barrett on March 16, 2003, 03:50:03 AM

Hi all,

Trying to figure out how to alias in qmail. I host several small websites and webmail for friends.  I don't want their e-mail to look like it is coming from my site, I want it to look like it is coming from their site.... how can this be done?

I have researched and found that qmail-default is the answer but apparently e-smith sets that up once for everyone on the box, not individually in their home dirs.  I am not sure how the template system works well enough to change that so if anyone can help I would appreciate it.

I don't mind using a work around either, I will just take notes of what I changed so when I do an update I can change it back.

Thanks,

Barrett

Title: Re: qmail customization - please help
Post by: Charlie Brady on March 16, 2003, 04:35:41 AM

Barrett wrote:

> Trying to figure out how to alias in qmail. I host several
> small websites and webmail for friends.  I don't want their
> e-mail to look like it is coming from my site, I want it to
> look like it is coming from their site.... how can this be
> done?

Configure their mail programs (including webmail) to use their virtual domain as the sender (From) address.  It has nothing to do with qmail.

Charlie

Title: Re: qmail customization - please help
Post by: Barrett on March 17, 2003, 05:32:30 PM

Thanks fot the info but how do I accomplish this?  Sorry, I am newbie :)

I thought SME (e-smith) used qmail as the mail server and IMP for the webmail support, is that incorrect?

Anyway, the changes you suggest, do I change this from the GUI server-manager or is this something I need to change via terminal session?

Title: Re: qmail customization - please help
Post by: Jim Huneycutt on March 17, 2003, 06:40:27 PM

Barrett,
Configure the email clients on the workstations, i.e. Outlook/Outlook Express/Netscape, etc. with "From" and/or "Reply to" address as user@virtualdomain.com. You should not need to do anything through server-admin except create the user accounts. If you use the webmail interface, log into the user mail account and go to Options---Identities and change the "From" and "Reply to" there as well.

Good luck,
jim

Title: Re: qmail customization - please help
Post by: Barrett on March 20, 2003, 05:44:37 PM

boy, I was trying to make that harder than it needed to be....Thanks for the help, worked great!