Delivering to user@domain versus user@host.domain

[Don Doumakes]

On 2003.05.14 21:43:43 -0500 Don Doumakes wrote:
> I'm a cyrus-imap newbie, setting up a replacement mail server with 
> Cyrus.  I've got it close to exactly how I want it, and could use 
> some help taking the next step.
> 
> I'm running cyrus-imapd 2.2.0 alpha, compiled from source, and 
> cyrus-sasl 2.1.10-1, installed from RPM.  The /etc/imapd.conf file is:
> 
> #==============================
> configdirectory: /var/imap
> defaultpartition: two
> partition-two: /usr2
> partition-three: /usr3
> partition-four: /usr4
> partition-five: /usr5
> partition-six: /usr6
> partition-seven: /usr7
> partition-eight: /usr8
> partition-nine: /usr9
> hashimapspool: yes
> admins: cyrus at donner.cannibals.org
> allowplaintext: yes
> loginrealms: donner.cannibals.org
> sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop
> sasl_mech_list: PLAIN
> unix_group_enable: no
> #defaultdomain: donner.cannibals.org
> servername: donner.cannibals.org
> virtdomains: yes
> singleinstancestore: yes
> #Necessary?
> #sasl_sasldb_path: /etc/sasldb2
> #==============================
> 
> With this configuration, I'm able to create a mailbox named 
> user.don at donner.cannibals.org.  I can log in to that account, and 
> deliver to the mailbox.
> 
> I then modify /etc/imapd.conf so the "admins" and "loginrealms" 
> entries are no longer donner.cannibals.org but rather cannibals.org.  
> (Of course I clean up from the first experiment, restart imapd and 
> all that.)
> 
> Now I can create a mailbox named user.don at cannibals.org.  I can log 
> in, but if I attempt to deliver mail to don at cannibals.org I get a 
> "User unknown" error.
> 
> I would be grateful for a hint.

Still no reply to the above.  Would it be helpful if I supplied more 
information?

-- 
Don Doumakes