[Mailman-Users] virtually hosted domains

temple at is.asu.edu temple at is.asu.edu
Tue Apr 18 22:51:14 CEST 2000


Thanks for the quick response!

Unfortunately the domain information on the first page near the bottom is
the "Host name this list prefers." field which I have already set to the
virtual domain name. It still shows up as the real host name on the TO
line.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Chris Yeo wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> One way to do it, is to change the domain information on the first page of
> the configuration near the bottom.
> 
> This is the way I have mine setup.  It might even be worthwhile to be able
> to set the email address (in full) as something that can only be done on the
> command line.  This would allow administrators to create email addresses at
> will for the virtual domains.
> 
> Chris Yeo
> Network Specialist
> Horizon Computer Solutions
> Ph: 306-665-5666
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	temple at is.asu.edu [SMTP:temple at is.asu.edu]
> 	Sent:	Tuesday, April 18, 2000 2:39 PM
> 	To:	mailman-users at python.org
> 	Subject:	[Mailman-Users] virtually hosted domains
> 
> 	How do I force the mail coming from mailman to the users to use a
> virtual
> 	domain rather than the host machines real name?  For example; say I
> have a
> 	machine with the name realhost.org.  On it I am virually hosting the
> name
> 	virthost.org. I want to run a list called test on the virthost.org.
> This
> 	all works find. Users can send mail to test at virthost.org and all is
> well.
> 	But when they receive mail from the list, it shows a TO: line that
> 	indicated realhost.org i.e
> 
> 	From: joeshmow at blablabla.com
> 	To: test at realhost.org
> 
> 	If a user replies to this, the reply address shows up as
> realhost.org. It
> 	still works of course, but it isnt' pretty. I want it to show up as
> 	TO: test at virthost.org.
> 
> 	I am using sendmail on Linux.  In my case, virthost.org would show
> up in
> 	the DNS as an alias:
> 
> 	>nslookup virthost.org
> 
> 	Name:    realhost.org
> 	Address:  ###.###.###
> 	Aliases:  virthost.org
> 
> 	I have also put virthost.org in the "Host name this list prefers"
> element
> 	of the test list.  
> 
> 	Thanks
> 
> 	-Temple
> 
> 
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