EXIM - trying to set up email addresses at subdomain.domain.com - fails!

I am trying to set up email accounts on Directadmin.

The email mailbox is [email protected] but I need it to 'capture' the old [email protected]

I have created a DNS A record to point at the server IP for the subdomain

Subdomain A 1.2.3.4

However, when I send email to the email address I get this in the Exim Mainlog

2013-03-03 11:21:44 H=ns1.server.com (x.y.com) [61.222.134.9] F=<[email protected]> rejected RCPT <[email protected]>: authentication required

This is when it RECEIVES email, nothing to do with sending

Any help would be greatly appreciated in how to set up Exim to handle this.

Steve

Hello,

You need to add subdomain.domain.com as a regular domain.

Check this http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=8 for subdomain.domain.com

That thread talks about using a remote mailserver - I want to use the mailserver that is set up on this server.

Am I missing something?

Steve

OK, I might misunderstand you. Correct me please if I'm wrong.

So you want to receive email for [email protected] in [email protected]. If so, then you should add subdomain.domain.com as an alias to domain.com.

If you want to host mail server for subdomain.domain.com on an external host, then you should add subdomain.domain.com as a regular domain and uncheck "Local MailServer".

"So you want to receive email for [email protected] in [email protected]. If so, then you should add subdomain.domain.com as an alias to domain.com."

YES

OK, I am probably sounding very stupid LOL - I tried creating a subdomain but that's just for web hosting, so where do I set up an 'Alias'?

Yes I was being an idiot - added it as a domain alias and everything is now working

Million+1 thanks!

Steve