Hi all, I've set up an Ubuntu 7.04 server following the Perfect Server guides, and installed ISPConfig on it. This machine used to serve one web site, and everything was OK until I set up another web site on it, which required email (in addition to the email system of the original website.) I created the email accounts using ISPConfig, but I noticed that the second domain users can't receive mail, and all of their mails goes to the original catch-all address of the first domain. (The second domain also has a catch-all address). Here's my Postfix config: Code: # See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version # Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first # line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default # is /etc/mailname. #myorigin = /etc/mailname smtpd_banner = ESMTP Server biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings delay_warning_time = 4h # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. myhostname = mydomain.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname #mydestination = mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com, localhost.mydomain.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names home_mailbox = Maildir/ And here is the output of postconf: Code: 2bounce_notice_recipient = postmaster access_map_reject_code = 554 address_verify_default_transport = $default_transport address_verify_local_transport = $local_transport address_verify_map = address_verify_negative_cache = yes address_verify_negative_expire_time = 3d address_verify_negative_refresh_time = 3h address_verify_poll_count = 3 address_verify_poll_delay = 3s address_verify_positive_expire_time = 31d address_verify_positive_refresh_time = 7d address_verify_relay_transport = $relay_transport address_verify_relayhost = $relayhost address_verify_sender = postmaster address_verify_sender_dependent_relayhost_maps = $sender_dependent_relayhost_maps address_verify_service_name = verify address_verify_transport_maps = $transport_maps address_verify_virtual_transport = $virtual_transport alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases allow_mail_to_commands = alias, forward allow_mail_to_files = alias, forward allow_min_user = no allow_percent_hack = yes allow_untrusted_routing = no alternate_config_directories = always_bcc = anvil_rate_time_unit = 60s anvil_status_update_time = 600s append_at_myorigin = yes append_dot_mydomain = no application_event_drain_time = 100s authorized_flush_users = static:anyone authorized_mailq_users = static:anyone authorized_submit_users = static:anyone backwards_bounce_logfile_compatibility = yes berkeley_db_create_buffer_size = 16777216 berkeley_db_read_buffer_size = 131072 best_mx_transport = biff = no body_checks = body_checks_size_limit = 51200 bounce_notice_recipient = postmaster bounce_queue_lifetime = 5d bounce_service_name = bounce bounce_size_limit = 50000 bounce_template_file = broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes canonical_classes = envelope_sender, envelope_recipient, header_sender, header_recipient canonical_maps = cleanup_service_name = cleanup command_directory = /usr/sbin command_execution_directory = command_expansion_filter = 1234567890!@%-_=+:,./abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ command_time_limit = 1000s config_directory = /etc/postfix connection_cache_protocol_timeout = 5s connection_cache_service_name = scache connection_cache_status_update_time = 600s connection_cache_ttl_limit = 2s content_filter = daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix daemon_timeout = 18000s debug_peer_level = 2 debug_peer_list = default_database_type = hash default_delivery_slot_cost = 5 default_delivery_slot_discount = 50 default_delivery_slot_loan = 3 default_destination_concurrency_limit = 20 default_destination_recipient_limit = 50 default_extra_recipient_limit = 1000 default_minimum_delivery_slots = 3 default_privs = nobody default_process_limit = 100 default_rbl_reply = $rbl_code Service unavailable; $rbl_class [$rbl_what] blocked using $rbl_domain${rbl_reason?; $rbl_reason} default_recipient_limit = 10000 default_transport = smtp default_verp_delimiters = += defer_code = 450 defer_service_name = defer defer_transports = delay_logging_resolution_limit = 2 delay_notice_recipient = postmaster delay_warning_time = 4h deliver_lock_attempts = 20 deliver_lock_delay = 1s disable_dns_lookups = no disable_mime_input_processing = no disable_mime_output_conversion = no disable_verp_bounces = no disable_vrfy_command = no dont_remove = 0 double_bounce_sender = double-bounce duplicate_filter_limit = 1000 empty_address_recipient = MAILER-DAEMON enable_original_recipient = yes error_notice_recipient = postmaster error_service_name = error execution_directory_expansion_filter = 1234567890!@%-_=+:,./abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ expand_owner_alias = no export_environment = TZ MAIL_CONFIG LANG fallback_transport = fallback_transport_maps = fast_flush_domains = $relay_domains fast_flush_purge_time = 7d fast_flush_refresh_time = 12h fault_injection_code = 0 flush_service_name = flush fork_attempts = 5 fork_delay = 1s forward_expansion_filter = 1234567890!@%-_=+:,./abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ forward_path = $home/.forward${recipient_delimiter}${extension}, $home/.forward frozen_delivered_to = yes hash_queue_depth = 1 hash_queue_names = deferred, defer header_address_token_limit = 10240 header_checks = header_size_limit = 102400 helpful_warnings = yes home_mailbox = Maildir/ hopcount_limit = 50 html_directory = no ignore_mx_lookup_error = no import_environment = MAIL_CONFIG MAIL_DEBUG MAIL_LOGTAG TZ XAUTHORITY DISPLAY LANG=C in_flow_delay = 1s inet_interfaces = 12.180.242.187, 12.180.242.184, 127.0.0.1 inet_protocols = ipv4 initial_destination_concurrency = 5 internal_mail_filter_classes = invalid_hostname_reject_code = 501 ipc_idle = 100s ipc_timeout = 3600s ipc_ttl = 1000s line_length_limit = 2048 lmtp_bind_address = lmtp_bind_address6 = lmtp_cname_overrides_servername = no lmtp_connect_timeout = 0s lmtp_connection_cache_destinations = lmtp_connection_cache_on_demand = yes lmtp_connection_cache_time_limit = 2s lmtp_connection_reuse_time_limit = 300s lmtp_data_done_timeout = 600s lmtp_data_init_timeout = 120s lmtp_data_xfer_timeout = 180s lmtp_defer_if_no_mx_address_found = no lmtp_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit lmtp_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit lmtp_discard_lhlo_keyword_address_maps = lmtp_discard_lhlo_keywords = lmtp_enforce_tls = no lmtp_generic_maps = lmtp_host_lookup = dns lmtp_lhlo_name = $myhostname lmtp_lhlo_timeout = 300s lmtp_line_length_limit = 0 lmtp_mail_timeout = 300s lmtp_mx_address_limit = 5 lmtp_mx_session_limit = 2 lmtp_pix_workaround_delay_time = 10s lmtp_pix_workaround_threshold_time = 500s lmtp_quit_timeout = 300s lmtp_quote_rfc821_envelope = yes lmtp_randomize_addresses = yes lmtp_rcpt_timeout = 300s lmtp_rset_timeout = 20s lmtp_sasl_auth_enable = no lmtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = lmtp_sasl_password_maps = lmtp_sasl_path = lmtp_sasl_security_options = noplaintext, noanonymous lmtp_sasl_tls_security_options = $lmtp_sasl_security_options lmtp_sasl_tls_verified_security_options = $lmtp_sasl_tls_security_options lmtp_sasl_type = cyrus lmtp_send_xforward_command = no lmtp_sender_dependent_authentication = no lmtp_skip_5xx_greeting = yes lmtp_starttls_timeout = 300s lmtp_tcp_port = 24 lmtp_tls_CAfile = lmtp_tls_CApath = lmtp_tls_cert_file = lmtp_tls_dcert_file = lmtp_tls_dkey_file = $lmtp_tls_dcert_file lmtp_tls_enforce_peername = yes lmtp_tls_exclude_ciphers = lmtp_tls_key_file = $lmtp_tls_cert_file lmtp_tls_loglevel = 0 lmtp_tls_mandatory_ciphers = medium lmtp_tls_mandatory_exclude_ciphers = lmtp_tls_mandatory_protocols = SSLv3, TLSv1 lmtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = no lmtp_tls_per_site = lmtp_tls_policy_maps = lmtp_tls_scert_verifydepth = 5 lmtp_tls_secure_cert_match = nexthop lmtp_tls_security_level = lmtp_tls_session_cache_database = lmtp_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s lmtp_tls_verify_cert_match = hostname lmtp_use_tls = no lmtp_xforward_timeout = 300s local_command_shell = local_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 local_destination_recipient_limit = 1 local_header_rewrite_clients = permit_inet_interfaces local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps local_transport = local:$myhostname luser_relay = mail_name = Postfix mail_owner = postfix mail_release_date = 20070301 mail_spool_directory = /var/mail mail_version = 2.3.8 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_command_maps = mailbox_delivery_lock = fcntl, dotlock mailbox_size_limit = 0 mailbox_transport = mailbox_transport_maps = mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq manpage_directory = /usr/share/man maps_rbl_domains = maps_rbl_reject_code = 554 masquerade_classes = envelope_sender, header_sender, header_recipient masquerade_domains = masquerade_exceptions = max_idle = 100s max_use = 100 maximal_backoff_time = 4000s maximal_queue_lifetime = 5d message_reject_characters = message_size_limit = 10240000 message_strip_characters = milter_command_timeout = 30s milter_connect_macros = j {daemon_name} v milter_connect_timeout = 30s milter_content_timeout = 300s milter_data_macros = i milter_default_action = tempfail milter_end_of_data_macros = i milter_helo_macros = {tls_version} {cipher} {cipher_bits} {cert_subject} {cert_issuer} milter_macro_daemon_name = $myhostname milter_macro_v = $mail_name $mail_version milter_mail_macros = i {auth_type} {auth_authen} {auth_author} {mail_addr} milter_protocol = 2 milter_rcpt_macros = i {rcpt_addr} milter_unknown_command_macros = mime_boundary_length_limit = 2048 mime_header_checks = $header_checks mime_nesting_limit = 100 minimal_backoff_time = 1000s multi_recipient_bounce_reject_code = 550 mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names mydomain = localdomain myhostname = mydomain.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mynetworks_style = subnet myorigin = /etc/mailname nested_header_checks = $header_checks newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases non_fqdn_reject_code = 504 non_smtpd_milters = notify_classes = resource, software owner_request_special = yes parent_domain_matches_subdomains = debug_peer_list,fast_flush_domains,mynetworks,permit_mx_backup_networks,qmqpd_authorized_clients,relay_domains,smtpd_access_maps permit_mx_backup_networks = pickup_service_name = pickup plaintext_reject_code = 450 prepend_delivered_header = command, file, forward process_id_directory = pid propagate_unmatched_extensions = canonical, virtual proxy_interfaces = proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps $recipient_canonical_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks qmgr_clog_warn_time = 300s qmgr_fudge_factor = 100 qmgr_message_active_limit = 20000 qmgr_message_recipient_limit = 20000 qmgr_message_recipient_minimum = 10 qmqpd_authorized_clients = qmqpd_error_delay = 1s qmqpd_timeout = 300s queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix queue_file_attribute_count_limit = 100 queue_minfree = 0 queue_run_delay = 1000s queue_service_name = qmgr rbl_reply_maps = readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix receive_override_options = recipient_bcc_maps = recipient_canonical_classes = envelope_recipient, header_recipient recipient_canonical_maps = recipient_delimiter = + reject_code = 554 relay_clientcerts = relay_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit relay_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit relay_domains = $mydestination relay_domains_reject_code = 554 relay_recipient_maps = relay_transport = relay relayhost = relocated_maps = remote_header_rewrite_domain = require_home_directory = no resolve_dequoted_address = yes resolve_null_domain = no resolve_numeric_domain = no rewrite_service_name = rewrite sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples sender_bcc_maps = sender_canonical_classes = envelope_sender, header_sender sender_canonical_maps = sender_dependent_relayhost_maps = sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail service_throttle_time = 60s setgid_group = postdrop show_user_unknown_table_name = yes showq_service_name = showq smtp_always_send_ehlo = yes smtp_bind_address = smtp_bind_address6 = smtp_cname_overrides_servername = no smtp_connect_timeout = 30s smtp_connection_cache_destinations = smtp_connection_cache_on_demand = yes smtp_connection_cache_time_limit = 2s smtp_connection_reuse_time_limit = 300s smtp_data_done_timeout = 600s smtp_data_init_timeout = 120s smtp_data_xfer_timeout = 180s smtp_defer_if_no_mx_address_found = no smtp_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit smtp_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit smtp_discard_ehlo_keyword_address_maps = smtp_discard_ehlo_keywords = smtp_enforce_tls = no smtp_fallback_relay = $fallback_relay smtp_generic_maps = smtp_helo_name = $myhostname smtp_helo_timeout = 300s smtp_host_lookup = dns smtp_line_length_limit = 0 smtp_mail_timeout = 300s smtp_mx_address_limit = 5 smtp_mx_session_limit = 2 smtp_never_send_ehlo = no smtp_pix_workaround_delay_time = 10s smtp_pix_workaround_threshold_time = 500s smtp_quit_timeout = 300s smtp_quote_rfc821_envelope = yes smtp_randomize_addresses = yes smtp_rcpt_timeout = 300s smtp_rset_timeout = 20s smtp_sasl_auth_enable = no smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = smtp_sasl_password_maps = smtp_sasl_path = smtp_sasl_security_options = noplaintext, noanonymous smtp_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtp_sasl_security_options smtp_sasl_tls_verified_security_options = $smtp_sasl_tls_security_options smtp_sasl_type = cyrus smtp_send_xforward_command = no smtp_sender_dependent_authentication = no smtp_skip_5xx_greeting = yes smtp_skip_quit_response = yes smtp_starttls_timeout = 300s smtp_tls_CAfile = smtp_tls_CApath = smtp_tls_cert_file = smtp_tls_dcert_file = smtp_tls_dkey_file = $smtp_tls_dcert_file smtp_tls_enforce_peername = yes smtp_tls_exclude_ciphers = smtp_tls_key_file = $smtp_tls_cert_file smtp_tls_loglevel = 0 smtp_tls_mandatory_ciphers = medium smtp_tls_mandatory_exclude_ciphers = smtp_tls_mandatory_protocols = SSLv3, TLSv1 smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_tls_per_site = smtp_tls_policy_maps = smtp_tls_scert_verifydepth = 5 smtp_tls_secure_cert_match = nexthop, dot-nexthop smtp_tls_security_level = smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtp_tls_verify_cert_match = hostname smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_xforward_timeout = 300s smtpd_authorized_verp_clients = $authorized_verp_clients smtpd_authorized_xclient_hosts = smtpd_authorized_xforward_hosts = smtpd_banner = ESMTP Server smtpd_client_connection_count_limit = 50 smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 0 smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = ${smtpd_client_connection_limit_exceptions:$mynetworks} smtpd_client_message_rate_limit = 0 smtpd_client_new_tls_session_rate_limit = 0 smtpd_client_recipient_rate_limit = 0 smtpd_client_restrictions = smtpd_data_restrictions = smtpd_delay_open_until_valid_rcpt = yes smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_discard_ehlo_keyword_address_maps = smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords = smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions = smtpd_enforce_tls = no smtpd_error_sleep_time = 1s smtpd_etrn_restrictions = smtpd_expansion_filter = \t\40!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ smtpd_forbidden_commands = CONNECT GET POST smtpd_hard_error_limit = 20 smtpd_helo_required = no smtpd_helo_restrictions = smtpd_history_flush_threshold = 100 smtpd_junk_command_limit = 100 smtpd_milters = smtpd_noop_commands = smtpd_null_access_lookup_key = <> smtpd_peername_lookup = yes smtpd_policy_service_max_idle = 300s smtpd_policy_service_max_ttl = 1000s smtpd_policy_service_timeout = 100s smtpd_proxy_ehlo = $myhostname smtpd_proxy_filter = smtpd_proxy_timeout = 100s smtpd_recipient_limit = 1000 smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit = 1000 smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient = yes smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender = no smtpd_restriction_classes = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = no smtpd_sasl_exceptions_networks = smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtpd_sasl_security_options smtpd_sasl_type = cyrus smtpd_sender_login_maps = smtpd_sender_restrictions = smtpd_soft_error_limit = 10 smtpd_starttls_timeout = 300s smtpd_timeout = 300s smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_CApath = smtpd_tls_always_issue_session_ids = yes smtpd_tls_ask_ccert = no smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_ccert_verifydepth = 5 smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_dcert_file = smtpd_tls_dh1024_param_file = smtpd_tls_dh512_param_file = smtpd_tls_dkey_file = $smtpd_tls_dcert_file smtpd_tls_exclude_ciphers = smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_mandatory_ciphers = medium smtpd_tls_mandatory_exclude_ciphers = smtpd_tls_mandatory_protocols = SSLv3, TLSv1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_req_ccert = no smtpd_tls_security_level = smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_tls_wrappermode = no smtpd_use_tls = yes soft_bounce = no stale_lock_time = 500s strict_7bit_headers = no strict_8bitmime = no strict_8bitmime_body = no strict_mime_encoding_domain = no strict_rfc821_envelopes = no sun_mailtool_compatibility = no swap_bangpath = yes syslog_facility = mail syslog_name = postfix tls_daemon_random_bytes = 32 tls_export_cipherlist = ALL:+RC4:@STRENGTH tls_high_cipherlist = ALL:!EXPORT:!LOW:!MEDIUM:+RC4:@STRENGTH tls_low_cipherlist = ALL:!EXPORT:+RC4:@STRENGTH tls_medium_cipherlist = ALL:!EXPORT:!LOW:+RC4:@STRENGTH tls_null_cipherlist = !aNULL:eNULL+kRSA tls_random_bytes = 32 tls_random_exchange_name = ${queue_directory}/prng_exch tls_random_prng_update_period = 3600s tls_random_reseed_period = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom trace_service_name = trace transport_maps = transport_retry_time = 60s trigger_timeout = 10s undisclosed_recipients_header = To: undisclosed-recipients:; unknown_address_reject_code = 450 unknown_client_reject_code = 450 unknown_hostname_reject_code = 450 unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 unknown_relay_recipient_reject_code = 550 unknown_virtual_alias_reject_code = 550 unknown_virtual_mailbox_reject_code = 550 unverified_recipient_reject_code = 450 unverified_sender_reject_code = 450 verp_delimiter_filter = -=+ virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps virtual_alias_expansion_limit = 1000 virtual_alias_maps = $virtual_maps virtual_alias_recursion_limit = 1000 virtual_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit virtual_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit virtual_gid_maps = virtual_mailbox_base = virtual_mailbox_domains = $virtual_mailbox_maps virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000 virtual_mailbox_lock = fcntl virtual_mailbox_maps = virtual_minimum_uid = 100 virtual_transport = virtual virtual_uid_maps = Any help is much appreciated! Thanks! Ehsan
Hi, Thanks for your help. $mydomain is not set in main.cf, and the default value "localdomain" is picked up by Postfix (as shown in the output of the postconf command). Is this the wrong value for mydomain? What should the value of this variable be? Thanks! Ehsan
Code: myhostname = mydomain.com Are you using mydomain.com for a web site as well? I recommend to buy a "technical" domain, i.e., a domain that you use only for naming your servers and not for email, web sites, etc. You'd then use this domain for myhostname and mydomain in /etc/postfix/main.cf.
Yes, mydomain.com is used for a web site as well. Besides purchasing a separate domain, is there any other solution? I tried setting mydomain and myhostname to any of the two domain on this machine (all with websites) and none of them worked. Does using a subdomain like themachine.mydomain.com work? BTW, what are mydomain and myhostname used for? I tried setting them to invalid domains, and nothing seemed to break (and this problem wasn't fixed of course.)
Are you saying that if I have a few domains that I want to host websites and email on I should buy a separate technical domain to configure Ubuntu and ISPConfig with then just configure ISPConfig with my real domains? Does that mean I wouldn't be able to accept email or run a website on my technical domain? Is there no way around this, I know domains are cheap but it's another thing to spend money on.
Hi. This is a very similar issue to my post: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22729 So, is the answer that the "host" server domain should be for administrating the ISPConfig only? I have 2 registered domain names, for example aaa.com and bbb. com, and both currently have valid web sites on another server. I'm trying to get email working, but run into issues I think due to the host machine name/MX and my virtual web site being the same. If we get an "admin" DNS, do we forget about using email for this host address, and only use the virtual sites as defined in ISPConfig? Or, can I use aaa.com for the host machine DNS, and point to some virtual site "ccc.com" and make the virtual site look like aaa.com for web browsing, php and email? Looking at the forums, there seem to be a lot of people with a small, multiple web site server that are having these common issues. What would be nice is an example (howto) of a ISPConfig server with 4 sites - 2 with real, registered domain names with MX records, and 2 with DynDns names, all with regular websites, and email that can traverse to external sites. Sorry I can't be of help to the originator of this post, but I feel like I'm in the same boat... PS: Don't get me wrong, I thing ISPConfig is the best thing for us newbies.. That's why I'm finally trying to jump ship from IIS to Ubuntu with ISPConfig. Good work from the creators of ISPConfig....
If I did that could I still set up www.aaa.com and receive mail at aaa.com and setup bbb.com for them to receive mail and host sites?
Is it enough to just change the hostname of the server, and change myhostname accordingly? If I set the hostname to server1.mydomain.com, should I set both myhostname and mydomain to server1.mydomain.com? Thanks! Ehsan