multiple emailadresses for one user

pcrene · Post by **pcrene** » 17 May 2008, 16:08

hello

in the webmail client.. i made an three identities for me

rene@mydomain.nl (default)
info@mydomain.nl
test@mydomain.nl

if a friend sends emails to rene@.. it works and i get the email.. but if emails are send to info or test the mailserver refuses the email...

what do i do wrong

Cheeseboy · Post by **Cheeseboy** » 17 May 2008, 19:04

Hi there,

The identities are only for the information on who sent the email on the outgoing email. If you want to have several inboxes, you will have to set up more accounts, or aliases.

Cheers,

Cheese McBoy

pcrene · Post by **pcrene** » 17 May 2008, 19:10

can you give me an example of ou to use the aliases file

Rene

Cheeseboy · Post by **Cheeseboy** » 17 May 2008, 19:39

Yep, I can:

bubba:/etc# cat aliases
# See man 5 aliases for format
postmaster: admin
root: admin

The first line (the comment) is what you should concentrate on.
In my case, all I did was make sure that emails to root (cron notifications mostly) were redirected to admin, who has a web account...

Cheers,

Cheesy

EDIT:
I just read my post and realized it might have come across a bit cryptic and/or elitistic. Sorry...

Add a line like:

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john: sue

in order to get emails sent to john to appear in sue's inbox.
To learn more type in:

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man 5 aliases

pcrene · Post by **pcrene** » 18 May 2008, 06:46

thanks you...

now i know the problem.. i have here Kerio that farward non excisting emails to the bubba server.... it blocked my emails...

question

i have a retarded family member...so i want all his emails not only to go to him but a copy to me

how can i do that, can aliases do this for me too

pcrene · Post by **pcrene** » 22 May 2008, 06:18

hello does this line work too in /etc/aliasses

extern: name@hotmail.com

Rene

pa · Post by pa » 22 May 2008, 09:06

If you want a copy to multiple addresses, just add them comma separated:

mailalias: bubbauser1, bubbauser2, user@otherdomain.com.

Do not forget to run "newaliases" when you have updated your alias-file.

/PA

Cheeseboy · Post by **Cheeseboy** » 22 May 2008, 16:36

Hi there pa,

I did not reply to the post about multiple recipients because I have not tried it myself and I can imagine it could cause a recursive nightmare and infinite loop hell...

As I understood it, this is what was required:
mailuser1: mailuser1, mailuser2

Is this safe?

Cheers,

Cheese

RonaldJ · Post by **RonaldJ** » 23 May 2008, 15:58

Hi,

There is a good explanation posted here:

http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?t=895

It helped me a lot!