# Vhost Administrator User Email Address

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/vhost-administrator-user-email-address/42906>\
**Category:** Virtualmin\
**Created:** [June 17, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/vhost-administrator-user-email-address/42906 "2012-06-17T17:18:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![eddieb](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eddieb](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/eddieb)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/vhost-administrator-user-email-address/42906/1 "2012-06-17T17:18:27Z")

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during vserver creation, where/how do i specify the email address for the admin user? as of right now, it gets automatically created using an incorrect email address (it uses the virtual machine’s domain).

also, for domains already created, where do i change the email address in use for the admin user?

thanks!

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/vhost-administrator-user-email-address/42906/2 "2012-06-18T04:44:44Z")

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Howdy,

When creating a new Virtual Server, that’s set in Create Virtual Server -\> Advanced options -\> Contact email address.

To change existing accounts, you can go into Edit Virtual Server -\> Configurable settings, and set “Contact Email Address” there.

-Eric

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**Author:** ![eddieb](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eddieb](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/eddieb)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/vhost-administrator-user-email-address/42906/3 "2012-06-18T12:24:22Z")

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thanks, now how do i change the default (Administrator’s mailbox)?

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/vhost-administrator-user-email-address/42906/4 "2012-06-18T13:17:06Z")

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Howdy,

Virtualmin should be putting the emails into the administrators mailbox… so if the domain is [example.com](http://example.com), and the admin username is “foo”, the admin’s email address should be [foo@example.com](mailto:foo@example.com).

There’s no way to change that default, though that is usually what folks want.

Are you saying that’s not working properly for you?

-Eric

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**Author:** ![eddieb](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eddieb](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/eddieb)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/vhost-administrator-user-email-address/42906/5 "2012-06-18T20:01:40Z")

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It doesnt work, but not because of the name of the admin… I can always create an alias called “root”. But the domain name is the FQDN of the address used to access the virtual machine: [myvm.mydomain.com](http://myvm.mydomain.com). There is no mail service for this domain.

So I have to manually change it for every site created. No biggie.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/vhost-administrator-user-email-address/42906/6 "2020-04-30T05:55:17Z")

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Closed on April 30, 2020, 5:55am UTC