Adam, No, the user will only have one @ sign since when you create the account you only put in adamtest since you are logged into the domain you are creating a user for. Qmailadmin adds the @example.com portion of the address. You do not create a user adamt...@example.com in the Qmailadmin as it will do exactly what you describe.
CJ Adam Glass wrote: > Okay, that's understandable. But it also means the SMTP username must > be adamt...@awabllc.com <mailto:adamt...@awabllc.com> and so the HELO > message has two @ signs. > > Unfortunately this has now gotten us put on a CBL so I'm under more > pressure to figure this out. > > > Thanks again, > --Adam > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Jake Vickers <j...@qmailtoaster.com > <mailto:j...@qmailtoaster.com>> wrote: > > Adam Glass wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am still trying to solve a QMT problem and have reduced it to >> the simplest case: I created an account on domain awabllc.com >> <http://awabllc.com> with the username adamtest (using qmailadmin >> web interface). Then I tried to log in via Squirrelmail. If the >> username is adamtest it says ERROR: Unknown user or password >> incorrect. If the username is adamt...@awabllc.com >> <mailto:adamt...@awabllc.com> it logs in successfully. >> >> Does anyone know why this happens? > > Because this is a virtual domain setup, and is designed to host > hundreds (thousands even) of different domains. Two users on > different domains with the same name would invariably happen, so > the system requires the full email address as the username. > Otherwise how would it know that adam from the example.com > <http://example.com> was logging in when there was another user > named adam at the other.com <http://other.com> domain? > If you are not going to run many domains (read: only one or two) > you can configure it to accept short usernames and not full > addresses in the Squirrelmail config if I remember right. Look in > the mailing list archives - I know this topic came up a year or > two ago. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
