Primary email user (account name email) has "@localhost" instead of the real domain
When a "normal" email user logs into webmail, they use their full email address and password. However when the "primary" email user (the one with just their username, with no @ and their domain after it) logs in, I see "@localhost" after their user. This is true across all primary users.
When they send an email, it works, however replies fail since the recipient sees the reply-to address as USER@localhost which of course doesn't route correctly.
<gripe>
Actually the whole idea of having a special primary email user that doesn't have their domain in the username is a huge support nightmare for me, it confuses the hell out of users: "Yes sir, your username is your full email address and password... except for... wait... um... yes I see here that is your account username, so in your case it's just your username, but for all your other users they have to use their domain...". I wish it was consistent, or I wish there wasn't a primary email user AT ALL (this would simplify things a lot... I wonder if there's an option hidden somewhere to do this).
</gripe>
So, does this appear to you guys like it's a configuration issue (does everyone else have this same issue)? Or is this something I just need to get used to?
When a "normal" email user logs into webmail, they use their full email address and password. However when the "primary" email user (the one with just their username, with no @ and their domain after it) logs in, I see "@localhost" after their user. This is true across all primary users.
When they send an email, it works, however replies fail since the recipient sees the reply-to address as USER@localhost which of course doesn't route correctly.
<gripe>
Actually the whole idea of having a special primary email user that doesn't have their domain in the username is a huge support nightmare for me, it confuses the hell out of users: "Yes sir, your username is your full email address and password... except for... wait... um... yes I see here that is your account username, so in your case it's just your username, but for all your other users they have to use their domain...". I wish it was consistent, or I wish there wasn't a primary email user AT ALL (this would simplify things a lot... I wonder if there's an option hidden somewhere to do this).
</gripe>
So, does this appear to you guys like it's a configuration issue (does everyone else have this same issue)? Or is this something I just need to get used to?
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