Any mail that IMail receives with just the name portion of the address will try to be delivered to the "Default Local Mail Host" in the SMTP setting. This will be Localhost unless it is changed and has been this way as far back as I remember and I go back to IMail 3.x.
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:51 PM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] alias and list errors! > > > I had a problem after upgrading IMAIL to 7.07, I had to make sure > > > each alias had a FULL ADDRESS otherwise it would BOUNCE. > > > > Can't replicate that prob, and have performed same upgrade fronm > > 6.05--what is/are your Official Host Name/s and the Hostname assigned > > to the top-level Imail host (localhost)? Anything entered as Default > > Host? > > We upgraded from 7.0x to 7.07 using the latest patch. This did not effect > every Domain name on the system just a few, however, I did not want to take > any chances so I changed all the aliases to a full address. The thing I > find odd is that it only effects some domains. I did a test on one domain > name with an incomplete e-mail address and the message bounced. The Bounce > message said Imail could not deliver to name@localhost, that made no sense. > I never changed anything to do with the host name. So I then added the > domain name, and of-course it worked. I did another test on another Domain > without the full address, this one got delivered. Each Domain assigned to > Imail has a DEDICATED IP address and ALIAS name associated to it. > > For example: > > MAIL.whatever.com uses ip address 204.90.90.2 (we don't have CNAMES) > > MAIL.whatever.com is the OFFICIAL HOST NAME > SMTP.whatever.com is and ALIAS name > POP3.whatever.com is and ALIAS name > whatever.com is and ALIAS name > > > So according to IPSwitch I should be able to set up and ALIAS within that > domain without a full address, as long as it is local to the DOMAIN or > ALIAS. > > Alias - "test" resolves to "Joe" should go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > otherwise if IPSwitch changed this I have to do this: > > Alias - "test" resolves to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > Regards, > Tom > Image`fx > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
