Hi, Problem solved >To "fix" the problem you are having without changing your mail system >(bah), you can go to Options->Personal Information and make sure the >correct address is put in the email field. If you want to automate >this for all your users, there are plugins to help with that, and you >can also configure SM to lock out the user's ability to edit that >field, so what the plugin puts there sticks. Thank you so much, Paulo R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Lesniewski" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Squirrelmail User Support Mailing List" <squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:49 PM Subject: Re: virtualuser > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Paulo Resende <presende99@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm running CentOS 5.1, using sendmail with virtual users, and virtual >> domains... I have a user XPTO123, who as the virtual e-mail >> joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, now when he sends a e-mail using Squirrelmail >> is >> address goes something like this joe@localhost or sometimes >> joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and should be joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> If I was not clear, supose this >> >> user: joe >> e-mail: joe@xxxxxxxx >> virtual domain hosted: xpto.com >> >> Server name and domain (not a virtual domain): server1.media.pt >> >> His e-mail address on sended e-mails should be joe@xxxxxxxx but are >> joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx which is not a acceptable e-mail address... any >> e-mail >> that goes to that address will bounced back. >> >> How can I fix this?? > > SquirrelMail uses the IMAP username for all matters. It looks like > maybe in your case, that's "joe". Is that how the user logs in - just > "joe"? Are you using the Login Manager (vlogin) plugin? I will > assume not since you didn't say so. I'm not sure why you'd go to the > trouble of setting up a virtual user system where IMAP usernames are > of the form "joe". Now what if you want to have a "joe" account for a > different virtual domain?? The best and most fundamental fix is to > reevaluate your mail system architecture. Virtual accounts should > always include the domain name in them: "joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" (identical > to the email address). > > To "fix" the problem you are having without changing your mail system > (bah), you can go to Options->Personal Information and make sure the > correct address is put in the email field. If you want to automate > this for all your users, there are plugins to help with that, and you > can also configure SM to lock out the user's ability to edit that > field, so what the plugin puts there sticks. > > There may be another issue, however, in that usually SM will append > the $domain value to outgoing usernames that are in the form "joe". > So you may not have $domain set correctly in the SM configuration (see > the config/config.php file or use the configuration utility, option 2, > item 1). > > Finally, if you have a known mapping for what users are in which > domains, you could make your MTA append the correct domain, as it ALSO > seems to be misconfigured as to what domain it thinks it is in. It > looks to me like your MTA configuration is half-baked, so what I'd > suggest is that you take a second look at it first, get help for it in > the correct community if you need, and THEN try it with SquirrelMail. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > ----- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines > List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user > List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
