"shared hosted domain name".... What is that? But maybe I can shed some light here. Suppose we send mail to
collins@gnu.org
what would happen? First we need to find the mail exchanger for gnu.org:
We see that gnu.org has three mail exchangers. We would try mx10, then mx20, then finally mx30.
Let's say that we connect to mx10 and send mail to collins@gnu.org, what would happen? That depends on how mx10 is configured. It could send all mail to another host, perhaps called "mailhost.gnu.org". This would be more or less typical. A second option would be a large aliases file sending each addressee to various hosts. Each of the 3 mail exchangers would new the same aliases file in this case.
So setting a new mail account might mean adding an account to mailhost. Or it might mean adding entries to aliases files.
And if there is only one mail exchanger, it might be just adding an unix account there. So collins would log in to the mail exchanger to get mail. Or perhaps collins would use a .forward file to send the mail elsewhere.
At work, our mail exchangers send all mail to a Microsoft Exchange server. So we need an Exchange Administrator to add mail accounts for us.
So there is not one answer for everyone. It depends how things are set up. The starting point is to use DNS to find the mail exchangers and take it from there.
Hai
i need to create an email account for subhost... I tried creating an unix user account... But the adduser (or) useradd command is not working in subhost login even when i entered with the root login of the subhost... If i create unix user account with root login of host, then the mail... (1 Reply)
Hai
i need to create an email account for subhost... I tried creating an unix user account... But the adduser (or) useradd command is not working in subhost login even when i entered with the root login of the subhost... If i create unix user account with root login of host, then the mail... (1 Reply)
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Hi
the isp email account i signed up with a long time ago is no longer active how can i get my password reset? i know the old email address for this user name if that helps. my curent ip address would show the same city as the profile states for the username.
i read this
I lost my password,... (3 Replies)
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hi I did not received any such email for account activation nor i am able to see any status in my profile.
Am i missing anything?? :confused:
Please help
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Hello,
I registered an account several hours ago, and never recieved the email
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Dear Friend,
I am working on java application which requires that after successful registration an email account is created (say username@mydomain.com) for user. Is is possible to create e-mail account programatically ?
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Hi there,
I may have had a typo in my email previously provided. I have doublechecked my email for Scott's reply but havent seen it, so I am creating a new post.
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I beleive my old email was <removed by admin>
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Hello, I recently updated my email account and visited the activation link mailed to the new account, but the website keeps telling me that i do not have permission to visit the web i was trying to.
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Hello,
Does anyone know what happens to your skype account if you close the outlook.com email account which are linked together? As you know they are both owned by Microsoft.
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makehosteddomains
MAKEHOSTEDDOMAINS(8) Double Precision, Inc. MAKEHOSTEDDOMAINS(8)NAME
makehosteddomains - Build a database of hosted domains
SYNOPSIS
makehosteddomains
DESCRIPTION
makehosteddomains rebuilds the contents of the /etc/courier/hosteddomains.dat database from the contents of /etc/courier/hosteddomains.
This can be either a file or a directory. If it's a directory, the contents of all the files in this directory are simply concatenated. The
makehosteddomains script must be run in order for any changes to /etc/courier/hosteddomains to take effect.
The function of /etc/courier/hosteddomains is very similar to the one of /etc/courier/locals. Both configuration files specify a list of
domains that are considered to be local domains - domains whose mailboxes are stored locally.
The difference is that domains listed in /etc/courier/locals are removed from addresses before their mailbox is looked up. For example, if
the domain "example.com" is listed in /etc/courier/locals, then the address <user@example.com> is delivered to a local mailbox named
"user". If this domain is listed, instead, in /etc/courier/hosteddomains, then the address <user@example.com> is delivered to a local
mailbox named "user@example.com". Usually you would use /etc/courier/locals to specify domains that correspond to your local system
accounts, that are looked up in your system's password database. The /etc/courier/hosteddomains file is usually used when you have
database-based virtual domains, that are maintained via an LDAP or a MySQL server. The Courier mail server's LDAP and MySQL authentication
modules will use the full E-mail address to query the LDAP or MySQL server for the location of the local mailbox that correspond to the
E-mail address. The Courier mail server's authuserdb authentication module can also use full E-mail addresses.
Contents of hosteddomains
The file /etc/courier/hosteddomains simply contains a list of domains, one per line, for example:
domain.com
example.org
Each domain can optionally be followed by a single tab character, in order to specify an alias for a domain, for example:
domain.com
mail.domain.com<TAB>domain.com
example.com<TAB>domain.com
First, we list the domain "domain.com" as a hosted domain. Then, we also list the domain "mail.domain.com", which is an alias for
domain.com. The Courier mail server will take any address of the form <address@mail.domain.com>, rewrite it as <address@domain.com>, and
attempt to deliver the mail to a local mailbox for that name. The third entry does the same for "example.com"; mail addressed to
<address@example.com> is delivered to the local mailbox <address@domain.com>.
alias@hosteddomain
This is a special local mail delivery rule for hosteddomain-listed domains. This rule allows the Courier mail server accept mail to any
address@hosteddomain, where "hosteddomain" is a domain listed in the hosteddomains file, but there is no corresponding account for
address@hosteddomain. To provide delivery instructions for any non-existing address in a hosteddomain-listed domain:
1) Create the local address alias@hosteddomain. For example, if the hosteddomains file contains "example.com", create the local account
alias@example.com. This should be a normal account, with its own home directory, userid and groupid.
2) Create $HOME/.courier-default file in this account, containing the delivery instructions. See the dot-courier(5)[1] manual page for
available delivery instructions.
NOTE that alias@example.com must be a real account, not a mail alias. If you want to forward alias@example.com to another address, put
forwarding instructions in the .courier-default file. However, alias@example.com can be a clone of another account (with the same home
directory, userid, and groupid).
"WILDCARD DNS"
Wildcard DNS is supported for hosteddomains by placing a single period character before the domain name. For example, the hosted domain
entry ".domain.com" will cause the Courier mail server to accept mail for "anything.domain.com".
The Courier mail server will accept mail for <address@any.thing.domain.com> and attempt to deliver it to the local mailbox
<address@any.thing.domain.com>, and if that fails then attempt to deliver the mail to the local mailbox <address@.thing.domain.com>, then
finally <address@.domain.com>
Note
There is a period after the '@' character. If you want all mail for "any.thing.domain.com" to be delivered as though it were sent to
"domain.com", you should define an alias for the domain, for example:
domain.com
.domain.com<TAB>domain.com
SEE ALSO esmtpd(8)[2].
AUTHOR
Sam Varshavchik
Author
NOTES
1. dot-courier(5)
[set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/dot-courier.html
2. esmtpd(8)
[set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/esmtpd.html
Courier Mail Server 08/30/2011 MAKEHOSTEDDOMAINS(8)