[BlueOnyx:07975] Re: e-mail handled off-server

[Jeff Folk]

On Aug 3, 2011, at 5:41 AM, Florian Arzberger wrote:
> 
>> 
>> In your site's Site Management > General Settings, enable Automatic DNS
>> Configuration.
>> Then go to your site's Services > DNS > 	DNS Primary Service List and
>> click the "i" for SMTP and/or MAIL.
>> Set the IP address to your other mail server here.
>> I would think that would be the way to do it.
>> 
>> Make sure external DNS points to the correct mail server too.
>> 
> 
> i don't use the automatic dns configuration, but that's not the point. mx
> are set correctly, but as long as the domain resides within
> /etc/mail/local-host-names, the server will try to deliver mails locally and
> not even look up the mx (this only affects sent from the machine itself,
> like a mailform etc.).

I deal with this by configuring all mail functions on the web vhost to mail addresses directly to user at mailhost.domain.tld 

Regards;
Jeff