how to setup multiple subdomain

[dangin2005]

Dear alll,
i have installed scalix-9.4. (CE). I plan use multiple subdomain and i have configure one maill node for each subdomain. if i have 10 subdomain, i add 10 mail node too and scalix running well with multiple subdomain. Just to make sure, what this the right way...?

2nd question : how to setup share address book for use user (Enterprise and community)..?

Please help me..
Thanks and regards
Nyoman

[AussieOwner]

First, i would recommend that you upgrade to version 10.0. It has just been released and is readily available on the website.

With regard to your first query on multiple mailnodes. I am assumng from your text that you have a domain, for example called "domain.com". Then beneath that you have different different departments/organizations, for example caled "sub1.domain.com, sub2.domain.com, sub3.domain.com, etc". If you goal is to have each mailbox have both a "user@domain.com" and a "user@subx.domain.com" then your multiple mailnode configuration is correct. It is not manditory for each user to have the global "user@domain.com" address. I am just pointing this out as a option.

With regard to your second question, can you please provide more details on what your are asking? Are you talking about the GAL? if so, this should be setup automatically. The GAL is not segmented by mailnode. If this is not what you are asking, please provide more details.

Thanks
Darrell Sturdivant

[e1kosau]

let's say i want to login in my email server with Web access under a different domain. should I create a new mailnode and create a domain under that mailnode?

scenario:

user1@abc.com

i want to create another user and different domain
user1

domain: xyz.com

should I create a new mailnode for the xyz.com domain so that he can check his mail on the xyz.com domain and login with user1@xyz.com? what is the right way to implement this. I plan to try out for 1 week xyz.com as the default domain to send and plan to shift the default domain sender to abc.com. How do I do this?

Need your HELP thanks.

e1kosau

[AussieOwner]

Im not entirely sure i understand your question, but let me see if i can give you some information that pertains to what you are trying to do.

FIrst, lets talk about mailnodes. mailnodes are equivilant to Organizational Units. You must understand the history of the "mailnode" to understand the function. Back in the old days, ie last millennium, hardware was expensive. Thus organizations shared the cost and only bought (lets say) one server. On this server they would create an OU for Accounting, an OU for Engineering, etc, etc. The reason for this was because each OU would have different characteristics. Lets say that Accounting wanted to mailboxes created with the address made of <firstname><last initial>@domain.com. Maybe Engineering wants address made of <firstname>.><lastname>@eng.domain.com.

The point is that mailnode is simply a management grouping. It has NOTHING to do with the external reference to the email address. It is mearly a grouping of mailboxes that have "something" in common; thus making them easier for the mail admin to manage them as a group.

Now with that said, lets talk about what is external; email address (aka internet address or IA). This is what someone on the outside world will use when they want to send you an email (obviously). The point here is that a single mailbox (on any mailnode) can have multiple email addresses. Thus if you have a user who wants to receive email as john@domain.com and john.smith@domain.com, no problem, just setup multiple email addresses for that mailbox.

Now, the same can be said for multiple domains. For example, you could setup a mailbox to receive mail addresse to john.smith@mydomain.com and john.smith@yourdomain.com. One thing to note here is that this is for incoming mail only. For outgoing mail, the msg will be "sent as" the primary email address for the mailbox. You can easily identify the primary email address as the first email address in the list on SAC.

The only last question you may have is "Where do i add other domain's so they will appear in the drop down menu in SAC". This can be configured in a file called ubermanager.properties in the directory /etc/opt/scalix/caa/scalix.res/config. Edit this file and search for the parm ubermanager.console.localDomains. Add your new domain to the end of the comma seperated list.

Let me touch on one last thing; Logon. When a user logs on to Scalix (SWA or Outlook) they can use one of several different logon names. They can use their name "John Smith". They can use their AuthenticationID. They can also use their email addresses or any one of their aliases. So if a mailbox is setup with a primary email address of john.smith@domain.com and an alias of john.smith@mydomain.com, when he logs in, he may choose to put in either email address as his login name.

So the bottom line is that if you are only trying to create mailboxes with multiple email addresses, there is really no need to use different mailnodes. Remember, mailnodes are only for management purposes. A mailnode has not implicit significance to the email address.

If this does not answer your question, please let us know.

Darrell Sturdivant
The AussieOwner

[dangin2005]

Dear scalix,
yesterday i have replied this message but it's not availlable on this topic. i don't know where its gone :). ok i will repeat my question..
Thanks for your recommended for upgrade to scalix ver 10.0.
i have installled scalix 10. process installl success but when i try login to sac or webmail still failed with error : Service Temporarily Unavailable" can you tell me how to solve this problem..?
next question : and know i trying using scalix ver 9.4 but i still have many problem:
1. i can login to sac or webmail from scalix server only and not from other computer on LAN mind well tomcat service allready running. and i have use ssl login by using port 8443
2. tomcat cannot resolve my dns. and now i still using ip address in url, such as https://192.168.0.100:8443/webmail. if i using apache, dns no problem with dns..

Please help me sir..
Regards
Nyoman

[AussieOwner]

Ok.. First the problem with "Service Temporarly Unavailable" message is probably caused by selinux. Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/selinux and set SELINUX=disabled. You will need to reboot linux for this to take affect.

Next. The issue with not being able to connect from anywhere on the lan is probably due to having enabled firewall in the initial setup of Linux. The service is called iptables. Simply stop iptables with "service iptables stop" for Red Hat. If SUSE, then just execute /etc/init.d/iptables stop.

If you want to disable iptables from starting, in essence disabling the firewall, then exuecute "chkconfig --del iptables" (note thats two dashes).

Next.. in 10.0 the jk connector is installed by default which is a connector between apache and tomcat. Starting with 10, you no longer need to put the tomcat port in the URL. the url for webmail would be http://scalixhostname.domain.com/webmail. For ssl it would be the same but with https.

Good luck
Reply back with more questions.
Please note.. If you have other problems, not related to those answered in this thread, please start a new topic. Thanks.

Darrell the AussieOwner

[dangin2005]

Ok thanks, problem solved.
But if i still using firewall (iptables) in scalix server, can you teach me rule iptables or which one port must be open for access sac or webmail from other computer on LAN..?

Kindly regard
dangin

[AussieOwner]

Please check this post for a list of ports that need to be open for Full functionality.

http://www.scalix.com/community/viewtop ... ports++143

However, with that said, you will typically install your Scalix host behind a firewall and then do port mapping from the firewall. If this is the case for you, ie you do have some sort of hardware firewall between yourself and the internet, then there is really no reason to run iptables on this box. I do not recommend that you install your machine direclty exposed to the internet. You should insulate it with some sort of hardware firewall. Even a cheap Linksys Router will work just fine for this.

If you still want recommendation on setting up iptables, please post another topic such that it will get better visibility in the community. Thanks.

Darrell the AussieOwner