[TriLUG] Exim question...

[prhodes at vdsinc.com]

Hey gang, any Exim guru's on the list? If so, I have a little situation I
need some help with...

I have an account for web and e-mail hosting with ImageLinkUSA.  They host
my personal domain, which is cpphacker.co.uk.  Now,
the tricky part is this.. I also have my domain registered in the .com,
.net, and .org TLD's.   This is no problem for accessing the website
as I just have all four domains pointing at the same IP address.   But,
when it comes to mail delivery, it's a different situation..

ImageLink only "knows" about the cpphacker.co.uk domain.  I kept
Register.com's dns servers as authoritative for my domains,
so I could use their little management page to make changes.  Anyway, mail
sent to "someaddress at cpphacker.co.uk" is handled
fine.  But, if somebody sends mail to "someaddress at cpphacker.(com|net|org)"
ImageLink's SMTP server rejects it.

So, I e-mailed them asking if they could configure my account to accept
e-mail, regardless of which domain it's sent to.  They replied
that it's not possible, without jumping through a bunch of hoops that
involve multiple accounts, more money, etc.

Now, I don't know jack about Exim, but I find it hard to believe that it
doesn't have some provision for specifying domain aliases, or
something to that effect.  In orther words, a way to say "if mail comes in
for domain cpphacker.com, treat it as though it's destined for
cpphacker.co.uk",
etc.

So, I'm hoping that somebody on the list can tell me whether or not this
can be done, and if so, how it's done.  If so, I am hopeful that if I
e-mail Imagelink back with this info, that they'll set it up for me.

Thanks in advance....


Phillip Rhodes
Application Designer
Voice Data Solutions
919-571-4300 x225
prhodes at vdsinc.com

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