On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 09:42:09AM +0930, John Pearson wrote > On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 03:36:05PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote > > Has anyone installed exim to provide mail serives to a number of domains. I > > have a webserver running virtual hosts and I would like to provide mail > > serives for those domains. Exim is running fine for sending mail buit I > > would like to receive the mail for those domains and put all the mail for > > each domain into the user account for that domain. > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > > > Here's how I do it. > The virtual hosts (www.mydomain.com, mail.mydomain.com) > all have 'A' records pointing to my mail/web server; > MX records don't work as well, because stupid mail > programs/systems put the MX host in the envelope. >
Aargh! that should have been: CNAME records don't work as well, because stupid mail programs/systems put the CNAME host in the envelope. > My exim.conf contains (all single lines, however your mail client displays > them): > > Main section: > > local_domains = > localhost:my.net.au:*.my.net.au:partial3-lsearch;/etc/exim/clients/domains > > Directors: > A new director, to handle the virtual hosts: > > virtual: > driver = aliasfile > except_domains = localhost:my.met.au:*.my.net.au > domains = partial3-lsearch;/etc/exim/clients/domains > no_more > file = /etc/exim/clients/$domain_data > search_type = lsearch* > > All other directors have a line like > > domains = localhost:my.net.au:*.my.net.au > > so that they aren't applied to the virtual hosts. > > /etc/exim/clients/domains contains lines like > > *.mydomain.com.au: mydomain > > The second field is just an identifier, and for each > identifier there is another file, e.g., /etc/exim/clients/mydomain, > which works like a regular alias file, e.g.: > > *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This setup is for virtual domains with three parts in their > domain name (e.g., *.mydomain.com.au); minor adjustment is > required if you use "American" style domains (e.g., > *.somewhere.com), and you can mix them easily enough (with a > longer local_domains line and a further director). > > > HTH, > > > John P. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services
