Creating aliases to your Mail Server
You can create aliases to your Mail Server so that mail which appears to be addressed to different domains is actually routed to the same Mail Server.
For example, if your Mail Server's domain name is "asip.mail.company.com," you can have a Mail Server alias for each segment of your organization, such as "mathdept.mail.company.com" or "englishdept.mail.company.com." Mail addressed to either alias will be sent to "asip.mail.company.com."
IMPORTANT: Other SMTP mail servers on your network will not recognize this alias (aliases are only recognized by the AppleShare IP Mail Server on which they are created). Mail servers that don't recognize the alias may reject mail sent to it. For multiple SMTP servers on internal or external networks to recognize mail for alias domains, you must set up a DNS entry with MX-List information for these aliases.
For example, if you want "finance.mail.company.com" to be accessible to users sending mail from another system (such as AOL), you would set up a DNS MX-List entry on your DNS server for "finance.mail.company.com" with a single entry of "mail.asip.company.com." See The Mail Server and DNS.
To create aliases to your AppleShare IP Mail Server, follow these
steps: Click the Mail server button.
1
Log on to AppleShare IP Remote Admin.
2
3
Click the New Mail Host button.
4
Click Name.
5
Type a name for your first Mail Server host alias in the New Host
Name text box.
This name will appear in the Host List window, and can be used
to send mail to your Mail Server.
6
In the New Mail Host list, click Mail To.
7
Select the "Relay all SMTP mail via" checkbox, then enter the
domain name (for example, "asip.mail.company.com.") of your Mail
Server in the box.
When this box is checked, all mail sent to the current host is
relayed to the Mail Server you named in the text box.
8
Click the Save button.
9
Repeat step 3 through step 8 for each alias you want to create.
10
Be sure to tell your users about the alias.
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