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  1. #1
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    Very simple question about MX Records

    Let's say I have both domain.com and domain.net registered.

    Not going to use for websites, just using the dot-net for mail.

    Will have multiple identities such as joe@domain.net & bob@domain.net.

    All the email addresses will be @domain.net

    But would like to have it so if someone mistakenly sends to @domain.com the mail will still be received.

    I know that when sending email to an @eart*****.net address, if @eart*****.com is used instead, it still works. (That's what gave me the idea to set it up this way.)

    Thanks

  2. #2
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    You simply setup a "default e-mail address" or otherwise known as a catchall.

    So, you have the domain "domain.com"
    You create a few mailboxes/addresses:

    john@domain.com
    steve@domain.com
    lucy@domain.com
    mary@domain.com
    mike@domain.com

    The mail is routed to the correct mailbox.

    You cna alos setup a "catchall" or "default" address and forward it to another address of your choice (or a mailbox in its own right).
    So, I create the "catchall" mailbox of unknown@domain.com
    I set this as my "catchall" in my Control Panel.

    If somebody sends a mail to - anything other than a real address@domain.com then it will be routed to the catchall address.

  3. #3
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    Hey thanks Bladerunner,

    I know how to make pop3's, forwarders, a catchall and all those basics. Of course, I could simply make a catchall for the dot-com domain and make it forward to one of the dot-net pop3's.

    Irrespective of what I am going to do, let me put this question to you or anyone else who may know:

    What I was really attempting to ask (kick me) was how does the following work:

    I can get email at both myname@eart*****.net and myname@eart*****.com? The case being that the "real" address is myname@eart*****.net but if someone sends mail to myname@eart*****.com it comes to my "real" box. How is this achieved?

  4. #4
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    That can be achieved in a number of ways.
    If they are seperate linux machines a .forward file in the persons home directory can do the trick
    You can create an entry in a forward file for each e-mail address OR you can add a rewrite rule to rewrite eart*****.com to eart*****.net
    The exact file and where to make the change , and what to change, depends on what it is you are using as your smtp server (sendmail,exim,etc.)

  5. #5
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    Well thanks demonmoo.

    In the case of the ISP eart*****, it's probably the rewrite method... beyond my scope of knowledge.

    I'm going to start a new thread and ask a very general question about MX records.

    Thanks again guys!

  6. #6
    Just setup an additional MX record like this:

    name.net accepts mail for name.com

    Joe

  7. #7
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    it really doesn't have anything todo with MX , it has todo with the mail server itself.

    if you point both domains to the same mailserver in MX then at the mailserver you configure to forward anything@domain.com togo to anything@domain.net

    i used todo it on sendmail and list several domains for our users to choose from so they can have theirname@any.of.our.domains.xxx

    so what server hosting your domains? cPanel plain *nix box with sendmail ?
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