Is Outlook configured to use the FQDN for @Home's mail server? Who's DNS server are you using to resolve domain names? If you are using @Home's you should just be able to use mail. I use to install cable modem a few years back unless they changed it mail should also work. Good luck, Cecil On Thursday 26 October 2000 05:18, you wrote: > > I am experiencing a problem with my FQDN and my LAN. I use AT&T @Home > service and run a 2 node LAN sharing a single IP. My server uses the > following configuration as it's domain name cxxxxxx-a.mckiny1.tx.home.com > as the FQDN. I run POstfix from this machine for email. My wife uses > Outlook 2000 to pull in her email from @homes server which is > mail.mckiny1.tx.home.com. The problem is that Outlook tries to retrieve > mail from My mail server and not @homes server. I was wondering if I need > to change the FQDN on my server, or if there is something else I can do. i > have tried to use the IP address for the @Home server in the Outlook > configuration, but the IP changes every few days. Also,I am using DYNDNs > static service (brorich.homeip.net) to forward people to my web server. Can > I use brorich.homeip.net as my FQDN? I am unclear on the best way to solve > this problem. > > > Richard Humphrey ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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