LDAP: Add a mail alias account

Attention

Check out the lightweight on-premises email archiving software developed by iRedMail team: Spider Email Archiver.

LDAP: Add a mail alias account
- Add mail alias with iRedAdmin-Pro
- Add mail alias with phpLDAPadmin

Add mail alias with iRedAdmin-Pro

With iRedAdmin-Pro, please click menu in main navigation bar: `Add -> Mail Alias'. Screenshot:

Add mail alias with phpLDAPadmin

Log into phpLDAPadmin as LDAP root dn cn=Manager or cn=vmailadmin.
Expand LDAP tree in left panel, click Create new entry here under ou=Aliases of your domain, and select Default in right panel.
Select object class mailAlias in right panel.
Input required fields of mail alias account.

WARNING: Attribute enabledService requires two values: mail, deliver.

Confirm to create.
Add missing value for attribute enabledService: mail, deliver.
Add new attribute accountStatus with value active. This is required.
Add alias members (full email address) in attribute mailForwardingAddress. You can add as many members as you want.

Full LDIF data of a sample mail alias account:

dn: mail=myalias@mydomain.com,ou=Aliases,domainName=mydomain.com,o=domains,dc=iredmail,dc=org
objectClass: mailAlias
accountStatus: active
cn: Test Name
enabledService: mail
enabledService: deliver
mail: myalias@mydomain.com
mailForwardingAddress: user1@mydomain.com
mailForwardingAddress: someone@gmail.com
mailForwardingAddress: someone@hotmail.com