<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">iv got it working now. i didnt no i had to add it to the dns records as well as the mx record<div><br></div><div>thanks for all the help guys :)<br><div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">the domain thats hosting the email is <a href="http://www.cg-computer.co.uk/">www.cg-computer.co.uk</a><br></blockquote><br>currently it only has the default website page as im in the process of designing the website<br><br>i had a power outage last night and i had this dovecot alias showing names that arnt even active on my server (theres only my self and an extra one for the UID problem)<br><br>dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured: 96 Time(s)<br> dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured: 96 Time(s)<br> dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<adam>, method=PLAIN, rip=219.237.15.233, lip=192.168.1.175: 1 Time(s)<br> dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<adm>, method=PLAIN, rip=219.237.15.233, lip=192.168.1.175: 1 Time(s)<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">i created the email alias.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">i created the mx record and put it to my domain provider made my router forward imap stmp and pop3 to my webservers ip address<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">but i still get the no<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">my logwatch shows this if its any help<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">**Unmatched Entries**<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured: 96 Time(s)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured: 96 Time(s)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">thanks so much<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Gareth<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>