Route Domain Mail to a Different Server

[DeanC@]

This is on a Plesk 8.3, CentOS, qmail, etc. server.

I have a php form on domain1.com that sends mail to an address at domain2.com.

Both web sites, and the mail for domain1.com, are hosted on the same dedicated server. However, the domain2.com mail server is hosted elsewhere (in-house).

When the mail goes from domain1.com to the address at domain2.com, I get bounce messages such as ...

<someone@domain2.com>:
This address no longer accepts mail.

So, how do I get the mail to go from domain1.com to domain2.com's mail server?

 

[DaDomainMasta]

there could be several problems causing that. most propably the remote mailbox just rejects mail from domain1 for some internal reasons (server doesnt like domain1.com). or the remote mailbox does not exist, or the quota is exceeded. can you just simply send a mail from a mailbox@domain1.com to someone@domain2.com?
few good notes on tracking things with qmail: http://bliki.rimuhosting.com/space/knowledgebase/linux/mail/qmail+notes

 

[ziba@]

Hello,

When you create domain in Plesk it automatically adds this domain to list of local domains (/var/qmail/control/rcpthosts). So when you will be sending mail from a web form on this domain Plesk will threat this mailbox as local and will tend to send mail for it locally instead of sending it to remote server. Most probably you have not created mailbox someone@domain2.com in Plesk (because it is created on remote mail server you are using and there is no need to create it in Plesk) so mail server does not find it and this may be the reason why you are getting this error.

To avoid this you should disable mail for this domain: Domains > domain name > Mail > Disable

In this case this domain will be removed from list of local domain in qmail and mail will be sent to remote server.

 

[DeanC@]

Thank you for your replies. I think Ziba has identified my problem.