[rt-users] v2.0.6 email problems

[Vivek Khera]

>>>>> "DF" == Derek Fage <derek.fage at foreshore.net> writes:

DF> All works great in this case, however we have some other queues that we
DF> want
DF> to change the correspondence address so that they instead of coming from
DF> say
DF> test at linuxdev.foreshore.net we want them to come from
DF> test at rt.foreshore.net
DF> (rt.foreshore.net is a CNAME for linuxdev.foreshore.net).

DF> When we make this change to the queue configuration, the email always
DF> comes
DF> from test at linuxdev.foreshore.net

This is a function of your mail server.  The various SMTP RFC's
*require* that the name be canonicalized, which means that your CNAME
won't survive this translation.

Anyhow, you should just make an MX for your mail address; no need for
CNAME or A records unless you use it for your web server too.