Creating a Secondary Domain

Before you begin, the secondary domain must have a registered domain name and that domain name's MX record must point to the primary domain.

Example:

These names and IP addresses are for example only. Your ISP or Domain Name service administrator can assist you. The range of IP addresses 192.168.x.y are reserved for intranet use only--these are not to be used for Internet IP addresses.

SLmail Domains page

To create a Secondary Domain

1. Click the Domains button in the SLmail Web-based administration.

2. Click Add in the SLmail Domains page.

Note: SLmail must be stopped in order to add/delete/edit Secondary Domains under this tab.

1. Enter the Symbolic name for this domain. For example, if the domain name you are adding is newdomain.com we would likely enter newdomain as the symbolic name.

2. Enter the full domain name in the Domain Name field. If you wish users to receive mail as username@newdomain.com, then the domain name is newdomain.com. If you wish users to receive mail as username@mail.newdomain.com then the domain name is mail.newdomain.com.

3. Click Save .

Creation of the new Secondary Domain is now complete.

To edit a Secondary Domain, highlight the Domain you wish to modify and click Edit . You will only be able to modify the symbolic name from here. To modify the full domain name you must delete and then recreate that Secondary Domain.

To delete a Secondary Domain, highlight the Domain you wish to remove and click Delete. When asked to confirm the deletion, click Yes, Delete .

Form the Control Panel Applet:

1. Click on the Users tab and highlight the Primary domain in the Domain list box.

2. Enter the symbolic name of the secondary domain in the list box. For example: seconddom

Note: There is a 9 character limit in this list box.

1. Confirm the creation of the secondary domain by clicking Yes in the popup window. The Domain Edit dialog box will open.

2. In the Domain Edit dialog box, enter the full domain name. For example: secondarydomain.com

Control Panel Domain Edit dialog box

If you would like to add mailbox quotas to this domain, click the Domain Quota button. See the Mailbox Quotas section of this documentation for more information.

Secondary domains cannot be edited or deleted from the Control Panel Applet.

Note: You must stop and restart SLmail whenever you add, delete or edit a Secondary Domain in order for the change to take effect.