Adding a mail server

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

How do I go about doing that and tie it into the domain I own?

I wanted to do this eventually, but something that just happened triggered that I should do it ASAP.

I went to Pizza Hut online to place an order, but forgot my password, so I had it e-mailed to me. ([email protected]) When I got the e-mail, it had a SN and password I had never used before. I went back to Pizza Hut and tried the other Gmail that supposedly works ([email protected]). Gmail even tells you that the dots aren't recognized, so any combination of MyName with as many dots as I want should supposedly get the e-mails to me.

I logged in under the the first account and saw a person with my name living in Spring, TX and confirmed it with a reverse phone search of the number listed on the account. Now they've never placed an order and have no card information stored online, but it makes me wonder if it was a mistake on that person's part as far as typing their e-mail address in or if it's something more sinister.

I've had a ton of resumes going out and use the e-mail address without any dots as my return since I figure people might forget to add the dot anyway.

So long story short, I'd like to set up a mail server on based on my domain. How do I go about that?

[SequSpur]

wtf are u talking about?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

wtf are u talking about?

I want a pizza pie and somebody's got me thinking they either can't type or may be receiving my e-mail.

[Fillmoe]

sorry i dont speak chinese

[angel_luv]

:lol

[hello13]

mozilla has a mail server

[ShoogarBear]

1. I think getting the mail server is as simple as getting the server software. However, I think your ISP has to provide you with a fixed IP address as well.

2. I didn't know that about the dots not mattering in your gmail login. If in fact Johnny.Blaze@gmail is sending names to a different place than JohnnyBlaze@gmail, I would let the Google people know ASAP.

[Kori Ellis]

A couple things ..

If you have a domain, doesn't your webhost include free email addresses and a mail server with it? Or is the domain not hosted?

Secondly, who told you that the dots don't matter? I never heard that. Of course [email protected] is a different email address thatn [email protected].

[fatsack]

you don't need a mail server to get a pizza.

:lol

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

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Am I receiving someone else's email?

Because Gmail doesn't recognize dots as characters within usernames, adding or removing dots from a Gmail address won’t change the actual destination address. Messages sent to [email protected] and [email protected] are all delivered to your Inbox, and only yours.

Gmail allows only one registration for any given username. Once you sign up for a particular username, any dot variations are made permanently unavailable for new accounts. If you believe that a message was sent to you accidentally, we suggest contacting the sender to inform him or her of an incorrect address.

If you created your account with a dot in your username but want to change it, you can edit your 'Reply-to address.' To edit your reply-to address:

1. Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.
2. Open the Accounts tab.
3. Find the email address marked default and click edit info.
4. Click Specify a different "reply-to" address.
5. Enter your username without dots in the 'Reply-to address' field.
6. Click Save Changes.

For security reasons, when you log in to Gmail, you must enter any dots that were originally defined as part of your username.

Note: Google Apps recognizes dots. If you'd like to receive mail with a dot in your username, please ask your domain administrator to add the desired username as a nickname in your user account.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

And to test that, I tried to register with a variation of my name with multiple dots involved and it wouldn't let me. I can also send e-mail to both addresses and receive it, which is why I have my reply-to as MyName@.

[ShoogarBear]

And to test that, I tried to register with a variation of my name with multiple dots involved and it wouldn't let me. I can also send e-mail to both addresses and receive it, which is why I have my reply-to as [email protected], I think I finally got it.

Gmail is working exactly as intended.

It's the Pizza Hut web site that has your email linked to somebody else.

Sounds to me like Pizza Hut screwed things up, and I wouldn't worry about it.

In fact, what I'd do is just delete all information in that account and create a brand-new Pizza Hut account from scratch.

And I didn't realize you already had your own domain. If that's true, then Kori's right, you probably already have your own mail server with it.

[ShoogarBear]

Pizza Hut sucks anyways. They don't have Uno's in San Antonio yet?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Ohhh, I think I finally got it.

Gmail is working exactly as intended.

It's the Pizza Hut web site that has your email linked to somebody else.


Exactly. Turns out it's a senior citizen whose given name is Jose Ruiz.




Sounds to me like Pizza Hut screwed things up, and I wouldn't worry about it.

In fact, what I'd do is just delete all information in that account and create a brand-new Pizza Hut account from scratch.

And I didn't realize you already had your own domain. If that's true, then Kori's right, you probably already have your own mail server with it.

I'm with GoDaddy, so I'll check things out and set it up soon. Simpler that way.