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Per-user alias address
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* This document is applicable to iRedMail-0.9.6 and earlier releases.
* Here's [doc for iRedMail-0.9.7 and later releases](./user.alias.address.html).
Since iRedMail-0.9.3, we have per-user alias address support, that means mail
user john.smith@domain.com
can have additional email addresses like
john@domain.com
, js@domain.com
and more, all emails sent to these addresses
will be delivered to same mailbox (john.smith@domain.com
). With per-user
alias address support, you don't need to create separated mail alias accounts
anymore.
Manage per-user alias addresses with iRedAdmin-Pro
You can manage per-user alias addresses with iRedAdmin-Pro in user profile page, under tab "Aliases".
SQL backend: Manage per-user alias addresses with SQL command line
Add additional email addresses sales@domain.com
, bill@domain.com
for
existing user john@domain.com
:
sql> USE vmail;
sql> INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, alias_to, is_alias, domain)
VALUES ('sales@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 1, 'domain.com');
sql> INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, alias_to, is_alias, domain)
VALUES ('bill@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 1, 'domain.com');
- Account
sales@domain.com
andbill@domain.com
are NOT existing mail user accounts. - Values of column
alias.goto
andalias.alias_to
must be the same -- email address of the existing mail user. - In above sample,
bill@domain.com
could be an email address which belongs to your alias domain. - You're free to add as many additional email addresses as you want.
LDAP backend: Manage per-user alias addresses
For LDAP backend, per-user alias addresses are stored in LDAP attribute
shadowAddress
of user object, and attribute/value pair
enabledService=shadowaddress
is required. For example:
dn: mail=john@domain.com,ou=Users,domainName=domain.com,o=domains,dc=xxx,dc=xxx
enabledService: shadowaddress
shadowAddress: sales@domain.com
shadowAddress: bill@domain.com
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