Should my domain name be server.domain.com or domain.com

**SnowPunk98** · 11-26-2008, 09:28 PM

I just did the installation and it created the domain server.domain.com and not domain.com is this correct or did I do something wrong?

It made admin@server.domain.com which I don't think is correct, if I have done something wrong how do I go about fixing what I did wrong?

**uxbod** · 11-26-2008, 11:33 PM

It will use your server FQDN at installation time, but when installing you can override that. To change it once installed have a read of ZmSetServerName - Zimbra :: Wiki.

**SnowPunk98** · 11-26-2008, 11:35 PM

Does it matter what it is called in terms of mail delivery?

**uxbod** · 11-26-2008, 11:37 PM

Yes, as the main domain created will be server.domain.com but you can just go into the Admin GUI and create domain.com, and then start adding accounts under that. To be honest that is exactly what I did.

**SnowPunk98** · 11-26-2008, 11:58 PM

Ya that works for me, on a secondary note I have apache installed on the same box and am having problems getting to the admin console. I already switched it to HTTPS but still can't get to it.

zmmailboxdctl is not running

**uxbod** · 11-27-2008, 12:13 AM

What has been switched to HTTPS ? you will need to check /var/log/zimbra.log and /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log to see why it is not starting.

**SnowPunk98** · 11-27-2008, 02:59 PM

Code:

CompilerOracle: exclude com/zimbra/cs/session/SessionMap putAndPrune
CompilerOracle: exclude com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/MailItem delete
0    INFO  [main] log - Logging to org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerAdapter(org.mortbay.log) via org.mortbay.log.Slf4jLog
Zimbra server reserving server socket port=110 bindaddr=null ssl=false
Zimbra server reserving server socket port=995 bindaddr=null ssl=true
Zimbra server reserving server socket port=143 bindaddr=null ssl=false
Zimbra server reserving server socket port=993 bindaddr=null ssl=true
Zimbra server reserving server socket port=7025 bindaddr=null ssl=false
2437 WARN  [main] log - Config error at 
2437 WARN  [main] log - Config error at 
2440 WARN  [main] log - EXCEPTION
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.call(XmlConfiguration.java:534)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConfiguration.java:244)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.refObj(XmlConfiguration.java:638)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConfiguration.java:252)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConfiguration.java:206)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:968)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:183)
        at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497)
        at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115)
Caused by: java.net.BindException: Address already in use
        at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Native Method)
        at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:119)
        at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:59)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open(SelectChannelConnector.java:211)
        ... 17 more
2448 WARN  [main] log - Nested in java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException:
java.net.BindException: Address already in use
        at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Native Method)
        at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:119)
        at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:59)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open(SelectChannelConnector.java:211)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.call(XmlConfiguration.java:534)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConfiguration.java:244)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.refObj(XmlConfiguration.java:638)
        at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConfiguration.java:252)

Code:

Nov 26 21:28:17 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting services initiated by zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:28:20 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Rewriting configs  antispam amavis antivirus amavis   webxml mailbox amavis antispam antivirus mta sasl
Nov 26 21:28:38 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting logger via zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:28:38 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting mailbox via zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:28:39 server01 zimbramon[16988]: 16988:info: zmmtaconfig: zmmtaconfig started on server01.domain.net with loglevel=3 pid=16988
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17776]: status requested
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17776]: file /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd_manager.pid does not exist
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17776]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17776]: file /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd.pid does not exist
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17776]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17776]: no manager process is running
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17783]: start requested
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17783]: checking if another instance of manager is already running
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17783]: file /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd_manager.pid does not exist
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17783]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17783]: file /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd.pid does not exist
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17783]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17784]: wrote manager pid 17784 to /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd_manager.pid
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17784]: manager started mailboxd/JVM with pid 17785
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17785]: wrote java pid 17785 to /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd_java.pid
Nov 26 21:29:39 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting antispam via zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:29:45 server01 amavis[17842]: starting.  /opt/zimbra/amavisd/sbin/amavisd at server01.domain.net amavisd-new-2.5.4 (20080312), Unicode aware, LANG="C"
Nov 26 21:29:45 server01 amavis[17842]: user=501, EUID: 501 (501);  group=, EGID: 501 502 501 5 4 (501 502 501 5 4)
Nov 26 21:29:45 server01 amavis[17842]: Perl version               5.008008
Nov 26 21:29:46 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17784]: manager woke up from wait on mailboxd/JVM with pid 17785
Nov 26 21:29:46 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17850]: wrote java pid 17850 to /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd_java.pid
Nov 26 21:29:46 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17784]: manager started mailboxd/JVM with pid 17850
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17842]: SpamControl: init_pre_chroot done
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Net::Server: Process Backgrounded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Net::Server: 2008/11/26-21:29:47 Amavis (type Net::Server::PreForkSimple) starting! pid(17862)
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Net::Server: Binding to UNIX socket file /opt/zimbra/data/amavisd/amavisd.sock using SOCK_STREAM
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Net::Server: Binding to TCP port 10024 on host 127.0.0.1
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Net::Server: Group Not Defined.  Defaulting to EGID '501 502 501 5 4'
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Net::Server: User Not Defined.  Defaulting to EUID '501'
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Amavis::Conf        2.094
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Archive::Zip        1.23
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Compress::Zlib	   1.42
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Convert::TNEF	   0.17
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Convert::UUlib	   1.11
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module DBD::mysql          4.007
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module DBI                 1.605
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module DB_File             1.817
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Digest::MD5         2.36
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Digest::SHA1        2.11
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module IO::Socket::INET6   2.51
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module MIME::Entity        5.426
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module MIME::Parser        5.426
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module MIME::Tools         5.426
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Mail::Header        2.03
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Mail::Internet	   2.03
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Mail::SpamAssassin  3.002005
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Net::DNS            0.63
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Net::LDAP           0.36
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Net::Server         0.97
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Time::HiRes         1.9715
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module URI                 1.37
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Module Unix::Syslog        1.1
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Amavis::DB code      NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Amavis::Cache code   NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: SQL base code        NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: SQL::Log code        NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: SQL::Quarantine      NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Lookup::SQL code     NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Lookup::LDAP code    loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: AM.PDP-in proto code loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: SMTP-in proto code   loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Courier proto code   NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: SMTP-out proto code  loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Pipe-out proto code  NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: BSMTP-out proto code NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Local-out proto code loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: OS_Fingerprint code  NOT loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: ANTI-VIRUS code      loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: ANTI-SPAM code       loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: ANTI-SPAM-SA code    loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Unpackers code       loaded
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Found $file            at /usr/bin/file
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No $dspam,             not using it
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No $altermime,         not using it
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Internal decoder for .mail
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Internal decoder for .asc
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Internal decoder for .uue
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Internal decoder for .hqx
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Internal decoder for .ync
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .F    tried: unfreeze, freeze -d, melt, fcat
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Found decoder for    .Z    at /usr/bin/gzip -d
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Found decoder for    .gz   at /usr/bin/gzip -d
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Found decoder for    .bz2  at /usr/bin/bzip2 -d
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .lzo  tried: lzop -d
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Found decoder for    .rpm  at /usr/bin/rpm2cpio
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Found decoder for    .cpio at /usr/bin/pax
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Found decoder for    .tar  at /usr/bin/pax
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Found decoder for    .deb  at /usr/bin/ar
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Internal decoder for .zip
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .7z   tried: 7zr, 7za, 7z
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .rar  tried: rar, unrar
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .arj  tried: arj, unarj
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .arc  tried: nomarch, arc
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .zoo  tried: zoo, unzoo
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .lha  tried: lha
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .cab  tried: cabextract
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .tnef tried: tnef
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Internal decoder for .tnef
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: No decoder for       .exe  tried: rar, unrar; lha; arj, unarj
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: Using primary internal av scanner code for ClamAV-clamd
Nov 26 21:29:47 server01 amavis[17862]: SpamControl: initializing Mail::SpamAssassin
Nov 26 21:29:48 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting antivirus via zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:29:51 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17784]: manager woke up from wait on mailboxd/JVM with pid 17850
Nov 26 21:29:51 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[17784]: mailboxd/JVM exited twice in 5 seconds (tolerance=60)
Nov 26 21:29:51 server01 clamd[17927]: clamd daemon 0.93.3 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: i386, CPU: i686)
Nov 26 21:29:51 server01 clamd[17927]: Log file size limited to 20971520 bytes.
Nov 26 21:29:51 server01 clamd[17927]: Reading databases from /opt/zimbra/data/clamav/db
Nov 26 21:29:51 server01 clamd[17927]: Not loading PUA signatures.
Nov 26 21:29:52 server01 amavis[17862]: SpamControl: init_pre_fork done
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17927]: Loaded 344241 signatures.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17927]: TCP: Bound to port 3310
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17927]: TCP: Setting connection queue length to 15
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Limits: Global size limit set to 10240000 bytes.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Limits: File size limit set to 10240000 bytes.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Limits: Recursion level limit set to 16.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Limits: Files limit set to 10000.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Archive support enabled.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Archive: Blocking encrypted archives.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Algorithmic detection enabled.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Portable Executable support enabled.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: ELF support enabled.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Mail files support enabled.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: OLE2 support enabled.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: PDF support disabled.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: HTML support enabled.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 clamd[17941]: Self checking every 1800 seconds.
Nov 26 21:30:01 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting snmp via zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:30:02 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting spell via zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:30:07 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting mta via zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:30:45 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18563]: status requested
Nov 26 21:30:45 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18563]: stale pid 17784 found in /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd_manager.pid: No such process
Nov 26 21:30:45 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18563]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:30:45 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18563]: file /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd.pid does not exist
Nov 26 21:30:45 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18563]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:30:45 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18563]: no manager process is running
Nov 26 21:30:47 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18624]: status requested
Nov 26 21:30:47 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18624]: stale pid 17784 found in /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd_manager.pid: No such process
Nov 26 21:30:47 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18624]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:30:47 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18624]: file /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd.pid does not exist
Nov 26 21:30:47 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18624]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:30:47 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[18624]: no manager process is running
Nov 26 21:30:48 server01 postfix/postfix-script[18749]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.4.7.5z/conf/main.cf
Nov 26 21:30:48 server01 postfix/postfix-script[18763]: starting the Postfix mail system
Nov 26 21:30:48 server01 postfix/master[18764]: daemon started -- version 2.4.7, configuration /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.4.7.5z/conf
Nov 26 21:30:48 server01 zimbramon[16504]: 16504:info: Starting stats via zmcontrol
Nov 26 21:30:48 server01 saslauthd[18772]: detach_tty	   : master pid is: 18772
Nov 26 21:30:48 server01 saslauthd[18772]: ipc_init        : listening on socket: /opt/zimbra/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22.3z/state/mux
Nov 26 21:30:49 server01 clamd[17941]: Reading databases from /opt/zimbra/data/clamav/db
Nov 26 21:31:03 server01 clamd[17941]: Database correctly reloaded (468786 signatures)
Nov 26 21:31:08 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[19370]: status requested
Nov 26 21:31:08 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[19370]: stale pid 17784 found in /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd_manager.pid: No such process
Nov 26 21:31:51 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[20463]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:31:51 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[20463]: file /opt/zimbra/log/zmmailboxd.pid does not exist
Nov 26 21:31:51 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[20463]: assuming no other instance is running
Nov 26 21:31:51 server01 zmmailboxdmgr[20463]: no manager process is running
Nov 26 21:32:18 server01 zimbramon[16988]: 16988:err: Service status change: server01.domain.net sasl changed from stopped to running
Nov 26 21:32:20 server01 postfix/pickup[18771]: 223966681E4: uid=501 from=
Nov 26 21:32:20 server01 postfix/cleanup[20870]: 223966681E4: message-id=<20081127053220.223966681E4@server01.domain.net>
Nov 26 21:32:20 server01 postfix/qmgr[18770]: 223966681E4: from=, size=511, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 26 21:32:20 server01 zimbramon[16988]: 16988:err: Service status change: server01.domain.net stats changed from stopped to running
Nov 26 21:32:21 server01 amavis[17930]: (17930-01) ESMTP::10024 /opt/zimbra/data/amavisd/tmp/amavis-20081126T213220-17930:  ->  -> 
Nov 26 21:32:21 server01 postfix/pickup[18771]: 8B4066681EB: uid=501 from=
Nov 26 21:32:21 server01 postfix/cleanup[20870]: 8B4066681EB: message-id=<20081127053221.8B4066681EB@server01.domain.net>
Nov 26 21:32:21 server01 postfix/qmgr[18770]: 8B4066681EB: from=, size=513, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 26 21:32:21 server01 amavis[17931]: (17931-01) ESMTP::10024 /opt/zimbra/data/amavisd/tmp/amavis-20081126T213221-17931:  ->  -> 
Nov 26 21:32:22 server01 postfix/smtpd[20890]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Nov 26 21:32:22 server01 postfix/smtpd[20890]: 8915D6681F1: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Nov 26 21:32:22 server01 postfix/cleanup[20870]: 8915D6681F1: message-id=<20081127053220.223966681E4@server01.domain.net>
Nov 26 21:32:22 server01 postfix/smtpd[20907]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]

**Bill Brock** · 11-28-2008, 03:17 AM

You may already know this but, a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) consists of a host followed by the domain, ie with server01.domain.com, server01 is the host and domain.com is the domain. Together, server01.domain.com makes up the FQDN.

When a mail server tries to deliver mail to say joe@domain.com, it looks at the domain name, domain.com, and checks the DNS records for that domain for an MX record. It finds the MX record, which in this case should be server01.domain.com, then looks for the A record for the MX expression and makes the connection to the IP which the A record resolves to. The basics.

If however someone sends an E-mail to joe@server01.domain.com, some but not all mail servers will first check to see if server01.domain.com is a FQDN with an A record and send it there before it looks for a domain MX record for server01.domain.com, which doesn't exist in this example since the domain is actually domain.com. Other mail server will only see server01.domain.com as a domain name, look for an MX record for that domain, which doesn't actually exist, and when it doesn't find it the delivery fails. I'm not really sure what the RFC's say in an instance where the expression to the right of the "@" is a FQDN instead of just the domain. But this has been my experience with mail delivery.

As far as Postfix on the local installation, it wants your primary server domain to be domain.com so it can resolve an MX record for domain.com and then resolve the A record for server01.domain.com. If you setup Zimbra and tell it the domain name is server01.domain.com, it will fail because it will try to resolve an MX record for a domain named server01.domain.com when that domain doesn't actually exist.

Like uxbod says, this is easily fixed from the command line with the CLI utlity he mentions.

**SnowPunk98** · 12-02-2008, 09:32 PM

Well, all my fault, and embarrasing at that. I didn't have port 25 open... I have to click save 2 times on my router and only clicked save to add the rule not apply it...

Thanks for all your help, all is working now. One other question though is it possible to just use admin as the username to login instead of admin@domain.com and the password?

Would it be bad to delete server01.domain.com from the admin console?

**Jesster** · 12-02-2008, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by SnowPunk98

One other question though is it possible to just use admin as the username to login instead of admin@domain.com and the password?

I think the zimbraDefaultDomainName value is used when a realm is missing, I don't have a demo system to test that right now. I also think that zimbraDefaultDomainName is only available on either 5.0.10 or 5.0.11 (i don't see it in my 5.0.9 install)

-Jessie

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