Accepting mail for @foo.com not only @mail.foo.com

[gdev]

Sorry if I'm posing an already-asked question. I couldn't find a relevant post in the forums.

We created our standalone Zimbra server as mail.foo.com, so all accounts created under it default to account@mail.foo.com. However, of course we want the accounts to be account@foo.com. The MX is set up to route all mail to this server's IP address. Tried creating a virtual server in Zimbra, but no luck. When we try to save an account @foo.com Zimbra returns "The specified domain does not exist".

FWIW, the contents of /etc/hosts:
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127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
www.xxx.yyy.zzz mail.foo.com mail
www.xxx.yyy.zzz foo.com
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(Where www.xxx.yyy.zzz is the masked IP of the server.)

I imagine it's something silly, and will greatly appreciate any and all advice.

[phoenix]

You could just rename the domain, I'm assuming you don't want two domains or a domain called mail.foo.com? Have a look at the format of the command on this page: Zmprov - Zimbra :: Wiki

[rustyc]

You just need to add the domain on the admin console, Configurations -> Domains -> New. In the install process there's a setting for the domain to be created, the default is the hostname of the machine.

[Dirk]

In the zimbra admin console, add a new domain called foo.com
You can set this to be the default domain, so a user can login with username, rather than username@foo.com

[gdev]

I _knew_ we were missing something obvious! Many thanks to all of the respondents.

[adeelarifbhatti]

First thing first, while configuring the zimbra it will take the hostname.domain as domain name i.e. hostname was mail.foo.com and domainname should be foo.com but zimbra default configuration was to be configure with the mail.foo.com.
Second why the entry www.xxx.yyy.zzz foo.com is required in the /etc/hosts.
Entry should be some thing like "www.xxx.yyy.zzz mail.foo.com mail "

Various options to make things work for you.
Create domain foo.com as told by other guys and make the MX for foo.com, create all the account you require under foo.com. Data can be migrated from old account to the new one.

Another option can be to rerun the configuration script, don't really know the exact location.
How come to can have the error when you did """Tried creating a virtual server in Zimbra, but no luck. When we try to save an account @foo.com Zimbra returns "The specified domain does not exist""".
Did you mean to host the domain foo.com when you tried virtual host?

Regards
Adeel

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by gdev

FWIW, the contents of /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
www.xxx.yyy.zzz mail.foo.com mail
[url]www.xxx.yyy.zzz foo.com

That's incorrect, your hosts file should only contain the following:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
x.x.x.x mail.foo.com mail

where x.x.x.x is the IP address of your Zimbra server.

[adeelarifbhatti]

Reconfiguration script = /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmsetup.pl

Regards
Adeel