Domain Masquerading

[ericrodriguez]

here is what i want to accomplish. i have done it in the past with exchange 2010 but i am trying to do it with ZCS open source edition. When i send an outbound email to another person i am identified as johndoe@mail.domain.com. How do i make it so people see me as johndoe@domain.com

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by ericrodriguez

here is what i want to accomplish. i have done it in the past with exchange 2010 but i am trying to do it with ZCS open source edition. When i send an outbound email to another person i am identified as johndoe@mail.domain.com. How do i make it so people see me as johndoe@domain.com

When you installed Zimbra you would have been asked if you wanted to change the domain name, instead of hitting enter (which you did) you should have replied 'Y' and changed it to your correct domain name. As you didn't change the domain name the default is to use the FQDN of your server.

You can either remove zimbra completely and start from scratch and enter the correct domain name, you can rename your current domain name to your correct name or you can create a new domain of the correct name and set it as the default and create all your accounts in that. This subject has been covered many times in the forums.

[ericrodriguez]

Is it better to rename the domain through the command line or through the web management console? I ask because i tried changing the domain name through the web console and it made ZCS unstable and unusable

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by ericrodriguez

Is it better to rename the domain through the command line or through the web management console? I ask because i tried changing the domain name through the web console and it made ZCS unstable and unusable

You need to use zmprov to rename the domain.

[ericrodriguez]

Before i make any change and i have to restart from scratch what are the locations i should backup to have all the zimbra files covered in case i need to restore them; and do i need to stop the ZCS services before i start backing them up?

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by ericrodriguez

Before i make any change and i have to restart from scratch what are the locations i should backup to have all the zimbra files covered in case i need to restore them;

You need to backup the /opt/zimbra directory structure (there are scripts and details in the forums for doing a backup).

Originally Posted by ericrodriguez

... and do i need to stop the ZCS services before i start backing them up?

Yes, for the open source version, you must stop Zimbra.