System Admin: Setting up email routing with qmail

Setting up email routing with qmail

Quick Notes

When you're setting up Eventum's [Email Routing Interface](Email Routing Interface "wikilink") for qmail, use these options in the Administration -> General Setup area:

Email Routing Interface: Enabled Recipient Type Flag: [doesn't matter, choose any] Email Address Prefix: issue- Address Hostname: [the domain name of the email address issues should be sent to] Warn Users Whether They Can Send Emails to Issue: [doesn't matter, choose any]

In your /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains, add the line:

yourdomain.com:eventum

Then reload your qmail (as root):

# svc -t /service/qmail-send

NB: The reload procedure may vary depending on your qmail installation.

That directs all of the incoming emails for [email protected] to the unix account called "eventum" on the mail server.

~/.qmail files

for mails being pushed to eventum you need to create ~/.qmail-* files:

.qmail-issue-default - handles [email protected] mails .qmail-note-default - handles [email protected] mails .qmail-draft-default - handles [email protected] mails .qmail-default - catchall address for @yourdomain.com mails

the files contents should in general invoke route_TYPE.php file from Eventum installation. For example ~/.qmail-issue-default:

cd /usr/share/eventum && /usr/bin/php route_issues.php

You may use [http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/SOURCES/eventum-router-qmail.sh this](http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/SOURCES/eventum-router-qmail.sh this "wikilink") script from [http://www.pld-linux.org/ PLD Linux](http://www.pld-linux.org/ PLD Linux "wikilink") to do so. Additionally to invoking the PHP scripts that script maps the postfix style exit codes to qmail exit codes.