Strange default from-address in squirrelmail/roundcube for user "admin"

[zwerfkat]

The default From-address in squirrelmail for user "admin" (default email account) is set to [email protected] (IP-address of the server) while roundcube uses by default "admin@localhost". Both are not valid email addresses. As a result, messages sent by user "admin" will be rejected and are ending up as frozen in the mail queue administration.

I had to change the from-address in web mail manually by using menu "Options/Settings - Advanced Identities". But I am surprised the from-address is not set automatically to something like [email protected] where mydomain.com is the domain name of my admin user account.

Probably the user account "admin" and its default email box was already created before mydomain.com was assigned to the admin user, cannot remember it anymore.

Anyway, it is a bit tricky I think...

 

[ditto]

...Probably the user account "admin" and its default email box was already created before mydomain.com was assigned to the admin user, cannot remember it anymore.

But that is not the reason, the way you describe it, that is the way it is for all of us, and all of the domains and email accounts. I am using Roundcube, wich has the same problem with default from address. I hope this is something that can be changed in the future?

 

[zEitEr]

@zwerfkat,

The issue was already discussed here, I don't remember a link, so you'd better search the forums. As user ditto has already said, I admit, that is how the things work here. As in the mentioned case admin stands for a name of system account on the server, and has nothing to do with your virtual hosts or domains, so any address would be correct: admin@localhost (this one at least locally), admin@hostname_here, admin@server_ip_here.

 

[NoBaloney2]

And of course best to not use admin and other server-based user names for email, but rather set up domain email and use that. Correct address for admin account is [email protected]

Jeff