:fail: by default?

[ckacerguis]

Hello all,

When a domain is created all email goes to a default account, but how do I setup cPanel so that when it creates an account, it will setup the domain to use :fail: instead of default?

Thanks!

Chris

[BrightAdmin]

Hi chris,

In order to create an Email account on your domain . Please follow the following steps :

1. Go to your cpanel using your username and password.

2. goto the path described below.

Domain' Cpanel --> Email Function --> Manage Account --> Add Account

This will create an email account at your domain.

Hope this will help to solve your issue.

Regards,

Bright

[croakingtoad]

That's not what he was asking ... I'd be interested to know the answer as well...

[BrightAdmin]

Hi Chris & croakingtoad,

If you are going to setup a domain. The mail to the domain will be using webmail(if configured)then all the unrouted mail will go to a default account. But if you want it to go to a particular account of that domain you have to change the settings in cpanel.

Set the following:

Mail manager main menu --> add default address

Hope this will resolve your problem.

Regards,

Bright

[ramprage]

bump, this should be on by default.

[SarcNBit]

I think BrightAdmin is missing the point.

People aren't looking for instructions for how to change the default address on a one off basis. They are looking for instructions on how to change the default by default ( ) when creating new accounts.

The problem with setting messages to :fail: with no other modifications is that your queue will quickly become swamped with email waiting to be sent to bogus addresses. A large portion of :fail:ed mail is sent by spammers using spoofed addresses.

More to the point, Aussie has done a write-up at the ev1 forums that describes what you are trying to do.

[tAzMaNiAc]

The problem with this is..

:fail: option drops the mail as if it never came through. It never stays in my queue.

Brenden

[myusername]

edit: /scripts/wwwacct
find: *:
remove: $user
replace with: :fail:
new line should read: *: :fail:
Save & Close
chattr +ai /scripts/wwwacct

I think you loose your support by editing this file so I would consider trying it on a test machine first.

As surprising as it sounds, using the search button for:

:fail: by default

I found the above answer. Amazing!

http://forums.cpanel.net/showthread....ail+by+default