[Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains

[Kelly Corbin]

Changing it to an 'A' record from a 'CNAME' did it.  That was an 
unbelievably easy fix considering I wasted a lot of time yesterday. 
This should be added to the FAQ.

Thanks!

Kelly

Rabinowitz, Ari (Exchange) wrote:

> It depends on how the virtual host name is defined.  If it is a CNAME
> pointing to the actual host name then sendmail, and many other MTAs, will
> change the name to the actual host name in the envelope (and sometimes in
> the header) From address.  If it is defined with an A record pointing to the
> same IP address as the other host name (or a virtual IP address of its own)
> then sendmail shouldn't be changing the From address.
> 
> Ari
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Corbin [mailto:kcorbin at theiqgroup.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:37 AM
> To: JvdW; mailman-users
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains
> 
> 
> It appears to be a Sendmail question.  I have the same problem, as well 
> as many other people on this list.  If someone has a simple answer, it 
> should go in the FAQ.  I did a lot of looking yesterday, but never found 
> an answer.  Surely _someone_ has figured this out...
> 
> JvdW wrote:
> 
> 
>>I do have the domain in "Host name this list prefers". Could this be a 
>>sendmail issue?
>>
>>l8r
>>Jvdw
>>
>>On Tuesday 19 March 2002 16:50, Jon Carnes wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Web-admin interface, General options page, "Host name this list prefers"
>>>(near the bottom of the web page).
>>>Put in "lists.anotherdomain.com" (to use your info from message below).
>>>
>>>Jon Carnes
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "JvdW" <r2d2 at yebo.co.za>
>>>To: "Mailman - Mailinglist" <mailman-users at python.org>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:41 AM
>>>Subject: [Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I've just installed mailman and using sendmail as the mta. I created a
>>>>testlist called testlist at mylist.domain.com(mylist.domain.com is what
>>>>
>>>>
>>>sendmail
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>is set up with as the default domain) which works fine as well as
>>>>list2 at lists.anotherdomain.com. As needed I added the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>lists.anotherdomain.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>to the sendmail.cw file so that sendmail knows it has to listen for for
>>>>
>>>>
>>>that
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>domain. All works well, but the problem I'm having is the reply to
>>>>
>>>>
>>>address.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>When I set the list up so that the reply to address is the same as the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>list
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>name, the address I get is list2 at hostname.domain.com. If I use explicit
>>>>address and put the list2 at lists.anotherdomain.com in, it still shows
>>>>lists2 at hostname.domain.com, but if I put anything else in there like
>>>>johndoe at domain.com, the reply to address is exactly that. Hope this makes
>>>>sense... :)
>>>>
>>>>Any idea how I can fix this? I know that if you have the same listname at
>>>>different domains, then you have to set up another mailman server for it,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>but
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>this is different list names at different domains.
>>>>
>>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>JvdW
>>>>
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