Table of Contents
How To Change Basic Mail Server Settings
Prerequisites
Last Updated for InterWorx version 3.0.1
No special prerequisites.
Purpose
The following procedures explain how to change the basic mail server settings of the hostname and default domain.
Procedure - Change the Mail Server Hostname
- Click on the menu if it is not already expanded.
- Click on the submenu if it is not already expanded.
- Click on the ◊ MTA Settings item.
- You should now be looking at the Mail Server Management :: MTA controls in the main content area.
- Locate the MTA Server Options section.
- Type in the fully qualified server name in the Mail Server Hostname field.
- Click the button.
- You will see the following set of messages at the top of the screen:» MTA server config settings updated successfully
» Service successfully restarted
| Some mail servers will reject mail from a mail server that has a hostname unresolvable by dns, therefore it’s best if the mail server host name is able to be resolved via DNS. |
Procedure - Change the Default Domain
The default domain appending to any address that doesn’t include a domain portion (i.e. a missing @domain.com will be translated to use the default domain).
- Click on the menu if it is not already expanded.
- Click on the submenu if it is not already expanded.
- Click on the ◊ MTA Settings item.
- You should now be looking at the Mail Server Management :: MTA controls in the main content area.
- Locate the MTA Server Options section.
- Type in the new default domain for the mail server in the Default Domain field.
- Click the button.
- You will see the following set of messages at the top of the screen:» MTA server config settings updated successfully
» Service successfully restarted
