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[quote user="Ashley"]

Hi

Interesting this, when i set up Mercury, it says there MUST be an entry for the machine itself, (no domain), however this results in receiving email for anything at "ipaddress", is there a way to stop this, so it only receives email for domains the server controls?
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I presume you mean something like this?

[Domains]
server: [123.123.123.123]

server: yourdomain.com

 

It's good practice, but I don't know if it is required by RFC's (I am no expert). I would be surprised if many servers supported that now. Also, I have never seen it used by any incoming mail.[quote]

However will this kill the "postmaster" function account?[/quote]

No. The postmaster account is postmaster@<internet name for this system in Core Config>
[quote]Will i have to create a rule that only says to process emails to specific domains (will still kill the postmaster account i think?)

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As long as your (anti-)relaying settings are correct it should only accept mail for the domains listed in the [Local Domains] section.

[quote user=&quot;Ashley&quot;]&lt;p&gt;Hi Interesting this, when i set up Mercury, it says there MUST be an entry for the machine itself, (no domain), however this results in receiving email for anything at &quot;ipaddress&quot;, is there a way to stop this, so it only receives email for domains the server controls? [/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; I presume you mean something like this?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Domains] &lt;b&gt;server: [123.123.123.123]&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;server: yourdomain.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&#039;s good practice, but I don&#039;t know if it is required by RFC&#039;s (I am no expert). I would be surprised if many servers supported that now. Also, I have never seen it used by any incoming mail.[quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However will this kill the &quot;postmaster&quot; function account?[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No. The postmaster account is postmaster@&amp;lt;internet name for this system in Core Config&amp;gt; [quote]Will i have to create a rule that only says to process emails to specific domains (will still kill the postmaster account i think?) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As long as your (anti-)relaying settings are correct it should only accept mail for the domains listed in the [Local Domains] section. &lt;/p&gt;

Hi

Interesting this, when i set up Mercury, it says there MUST be an entry for the machine itself, (no domain), however this results in receiving email for anything at "ipaddress", is there a way to stop this, so it only receives email for domains the server controls?

However will this kill the "postmaster" function account?

Will i have to create a rule that only says to process emails to specific domains (will still kill the postmaster account i think?)

&lt;p&gt;Hi Interesting this, when i set up Mercury, it says there MUST be an entry for the machine itself, (no domain), however this results in receiving email for anything at &quot;ipaddress&quot;, is there a way to stop this, so it only receives email for domains the server controls? However will this kill the &quot;postmaster&quot; function account? Will i have to create a rule that only says to process emails to specific domains (will still kill the postmaster account i think?) &lt;/p&gt;
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