How to add Multimple domains to your Synology Mailserver

juli 23, 2010 No Comments

This Blogpost will help you to add multiple domainnames to your Synology Mailserver Mailstation. Using Multiple domains is not a feature that is available in the Webmanagement Tool, but possible using SSH and VI.

This Blogpost consists of 2 parts: enabling multiple domains and configuring your Roundcube webinterface.

(Don’t blame me for any mistakes, make use of this blogpost is your own responsibility )

To apply multiple domainnames to your Synology mailserver you first have to install Synology Mailserver from the Synology download center: http://www.synology.com/support/download.php?lang=enu.

Part 1 – Configuring

Please activate SSH in your web management console. (Download Putty)

Start-up Putty and fill in your credentials, please use the root account.

When connected navigate to the mailstation directory using the commands:

cd.. /usr/syno/mailstation/etc

Start vi to edit the main.cf file.

vi main.cf

Navigate to the line beginning with (+/- nr 164) and edit the line using the command

i

Add your domainnames like:

mydestination = domain1.xxx, domain2.xxx, domain3.xxx

Exit the edit-mode using

ESC

Save and exit the main.cf file using

ZZ

or use

:wq

Your Synology is now configurated to handle multipe email domains! (Maybe you have to restart your Synology to confirm your settings.)

More information about using the VI-editor: http://www.washington.edu/computing/unix/vi.html

Last but not least, you have to configure your DNS-settings to recieve the email on your Synology and don’t forget to open the network porst on your firewall. (Synology portnumbers: http://www.synology.com/support/faq_show.php?lang=en&q_id=299)