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Setting up an Email Server

I am trying to setup my Mail Server.

2 DNS Servers
name.myhostname.com (Primary)
mail.myhostname.com (Secondary)

Two users pop and imap

I can send/recieve an email from/to
imap@mail.myhostname.com
pop@mail.myhostname.com

however,how would I go about setting it up so it works for
imap@myhostname.com
pop@myhostname.com

wesly_chen

Hi,

Add MX record into your DNS servers :

--BIND DNS ---------------------
myhostname.com
...
MX 10 mail.myhostname.com <====
----------------------
Wesly

Dmitri Farafontov

ASKER

That entry is already in the DNS Server. Anything else I can try?

wesly_chen

Change the mail server (sendmail ?) config of your server to "masquerade" as its domain.

Wesly

Dmitri Farafontov

ASKER

I use Postfix as my MTA.

wesly_chen

/etc/postfix/main.cf:
masquerade_domains = mail.myhostname.com myhostname.com

For more details, please check:
http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html

Wesly

Dmitri Farafontov

ASKER

Email does arrive with proper headers like:
imap@myhostname.com
pop@myhostname.com

However, when I send it I still need to type
pop@mail.myhostname.com
imap@mail.myhostname.com

How would I fix it to be a Global Setting for all the users. Someone told that DNS would be enough, but however its not working out ways I want it to be.

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