Odd problem with base user account

[lukeski]

I am expiriencing an odd problem with base user accounts (the email accounts of the User that is stored in /var/mail).

If I setup a domain, like domain1.com and the username on that domain is domain1. If I email domain1@domain1.com it actually goes to the admin email box.

I have check in /var/mail and there is a file for domain1, but mail never gets in there it always goes to admin. The same thing is true for all do domains I have on the server. I can pop3 login and check domain1's email, but it is always empty and the messages are arriving through the admin account.

Any ideas?

TIA

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

Sounds like you've got your hostname setup as a domain in DA.

You need to make sure that your hostname (server.domain.com) is not created as a regular domain in DA (User Panel). If you do, then all system emails will end up in the catch-all for that domain.

Fix: either change the hostname, or remove it from the User Panel in DA and reset the hostname in Admin Panel -> Admin settings (change it and then change it back)

John

[lukeski]

Yep, you were absolutly correct. Changing the hostname fixed it. Thanks for you help.