Alias Email

[jeff8j]

How do I setup email accounts on a domain alias? I need to find out a way please help.

 

[porkchop]

You can't. All you can do is enable mail aliasing also OR disable it and have another server handle email for that domain. That requires making mx record changes for the domain alias on whichever box DNS is hosted on.

If I understand the issue correctly, one possible workaround is enable a mailbox in the parent domain. Any mail sent to the alias which has a mailbox in existence on the parent domain will therefore receive email sent to the alias.

I may not have phrased that too well, but maybe an example will clarify:

parent domain: 123.com
domain alias: xyz.com
desired mailname on xyz.com: "[email protected]"

approach 1: create mailname (with a mailbox) on 123.com called "bingo" & email sent to [email protected] will flow into that mailbox.
approach 2: create mailname "bingo" on 123.com with NO mailbox, but with a redirect to another 123.com mailname, OR an external redirect user@some_other_domain.tld

Given that your question was a bit sparse and lacking a description of what you wanted to accomplish, I've taken a Scientific Wild Assed Guess (SWAG) at your goal. That may not be in fact what you want to achieve, so...ummm...errr "Your Mileage May Vary"

In any event, hoping this was of some help.
Regards,
/porky

 

[jeff8j]

Thank You

That was exactly what I needed but not exactly what I was wanting to hear. Thank you very much for explaining it with as much detail. I think I will send it to another server then. Scientific Wild Assed Guess (SWAG) lol never heard that before.

 

[porkchop]

If you could explain the goal here, perhaps there is a way of doing whatever-it-is-that-you-want. Plesk is after all reasonably flexible these days. Lacking knowledge of your objectives, we can't be of more specific help in proposing solutions and/or workarounds.

Regards,
/porky

 

[jeff8j]

Well I have a bunch of sites that are basically setup the same and its just easier to work on them in one spot then to continually make changes to all of them individually but the problem is they need email and I need to figure something out asap. I cant have them all in the parent domain because allot of of them want/need the same names([email protected], [email protected]). I used to have cpanel and it did this no problem. I can setup multiple domains for them all but I was hoping for a central way of editing all the files its about 30 domains right now and growing thats to much to waste time on repeating.

 

[porkchop]

Well I have a bunch of sites that are basically setup the same and its just easier to work on them in one spot then to continually make changes to all of them individually but the problem is they need email and I need to figure something out asap. I cant have them all in the parent domain because allot of of them want/need the same names([email protected], [email protected]). I used to have cpanel and it did this no problem. I can setup multiple domains for them all but I was hoping for a central way of editing all the files its about 30 domains right now and growing thats to much to waste time on repeating.

I'm not understanding this....
the 'bunch of domains' you refer to...as of today: are they aliases/subdomains or standalone domains?
IF they are aliases
- how do you manage web content - by mod_rewrite in the parent domain and give 'em each a folder?
- how (or rather where) do the users POP/IMAP their email

One possible solution is procmail, This should already exist by default on your server, but mailboxes (or an external email address) still must exist obviously. You could hack out some list of users and write what's known as a procmail "recipe" (yes, really it's a small/medium/large nugget of code referred to in the procmail world as a recipe - go figure!) according to how you want procmail to filter/manage/redirect mail for specific users.

OR are they (as of today) standalone domains and you're trying to streamline administration because there are frequent changes in mailnames?

(Sorry, I'm not being dense - well maybe I am - but I'm trying to see what fits and what clearly doesn't.)

AnyHoo, one step further perhaps.

Regards & HTH,
/porky

 

[jeff8j]

The domains are aliases I am retrieving content out of a mysql database they all look fairly the same to get a better idea of whats going on this is the selling page http://www.webrealtyfix.com its getting to be too much for the old server so I got a new one and it has plesk instead of cpanel. The domains are currently aliases on the new server they were just domains in cpanel pointing to the same directory. I have been looking on google and found ways to do catch alls but I need ways for them to send emails not just receive them. Procmail seems a bit too much I think the separate mail server would be easier.

 

[porkchop]

The domains are aliases I am retrieving content out of a mysql database they all look fairly the same to get a better idea of whats going on this is the selling page http://www.webrealtyfix.com its getting to be too much for the old server so I got a new one and it has plesk instead of cpanel. The domains are currently aliases on the new server they were just domains in cpanel pointing to the same directory. I have been looking on google and found ways to do catch alls but I need ways for them to send emails not just receive them. Procmail seems a bit too much I think the separate mail server would be easier.

OK, I see the situation, and now understand the point you were making.

As of today anyway, Plesk doesn't have an easy answer for your exact setup. May I suggest sticking mail for those domains on Google Apps (formerly known as GMail for my Domain) Which makes 'em highly available - insanely so - with around 6.3GB of disc space PER USER and up to 25 users per domain IIRC. We also like the price - free. The mx record and initial per domain setup is - plainly stated - a nuisance (6 MX records per domain) but it's worthwhile - and addictive because once you start putting your domain email on Google, you start to sleep better at night. In your case I'd say this is especially true since it's commerce, thus of vital importance - to someone! "The mail must flow"

Anyway dude, Good Luck

Regards,
/porky
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