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Ocean Mail Server
Help, configuration and tips.
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Domains
Ocean Mail Server uses a logical hierarchy to organize its domains and user accounts, composed in the structure of ‘domain\group\user’. With this structure, the mail server can support multiple domains on a single computer. There are three types of domain: standard, alias and backup. A standard domain is the only type of domain which has users and mailing lists. An alias domain allows redirection of all mails to that domain to either another local domain or local email account. A backup domain is usually only used when the mail server is the backup of another mail server. |
Domains
 Domains - This displays a list of all the currently created domains.- Add Using Wizard - To help manage the creation of any of the 3 types of domain, you can use the wizard to help guide you through the process. When creating a backup domain we recommend using the wizard as it will also allow you to quickly create a static route for the domain.
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Add / Edit Domain
 Enable Domain - If enabled, the domain will behave as normal. If disabled, the domain will behave as though it does not exist. This is useful for temporarily disabling the domain without having to delete it. Any users or mailing lists on a disabled domain will also be disabled.- Domain Name - This is the part of the email address which appears after the ‘@’ symbol.
- Standard Domain - If set, the domain will allow users and mailing lists to be added.
- Domain Directory - This is the directory path where new user account directories will be created. This does not affect existing users. It is perfectly legal to have this path set to a network location. For more information on using network drives please view the FAQ page. It is also possible to specify multiple paths (for load sharing). This is done by separating each entry with a semi-colon (‘;’), new accounts are then placed at random into one of the directory paths.
- Max Users - This option allows you to set a maximum limit on the number of users for this domain. This is useful for restricting automatic signups in WebMail.
- Max Mailing Lists - This option allows you to set a maximum limit on the number of mailing lists for this domain.
- Catch-All User - If a mail is sent that is addressed to a non-existent user on this domain (e.g. unknownuser@yourdomain.com), this option allows you to specify a catch-all account. The catch-all account will collect mails for the non-existent users as though they were originally addresses to that account. Please note that only users on this domain are permitted to be the catch-all.
- Select - This allows you to select an existing user for the catch-all option.
- Do Not Try to Relay Mail to Non-Existent Users - This allows you to prevent mail for non-existent users on this domain from being sent to the outgoing mail queue for delivery onto the Internet. This is especially useful for preventing mail loops.
- Alias Domain - If set, any email addressed to this domain will be rerouted to either another local domain or local account. This allows you to combine multiple domains into a single domain. Any users and mailing lists that are present on this type of domain will be automatically disabled.
- Convert Domain To - All the recipients in the mail for this domain will be converted to the domain given by this option (e.g. auser@aliasdomainname.com will convert to auser@convertdomainto.com).
- Convert Address To - All the recipients in the mail for this domain will be converted into a single local email address. This ensures that all the mails to this domain are delivered to a single account.
- Backup Domain - If set, any email sent to this domain will always be accepted by the SMTP and passed on to the Outgoing Mail service. This allows a mail server to act as a backup for another mail server (i.e. receive and hold mails until the main mail server comes back online). Usually you need to create a static route in the Outgoing Mail service for a backup domain. Failure to do so may result in hop count failures (undeliverable mail). Any users and mailing lists that are present on this type of domain will be automatically disabled.
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