On all our IPless virtuals we are now using domain.com as the host and
mail.domain.com as the alias. Having mail.domain.com is actually
optional since we are actually pointing the MX record to the main
host.
vdomain.com. IN MX 10 mail.host.com
We only use the mail.vdomain.com for pointing POP3 clients.
On our IP virtuals we are doing the same thing with the exception of
the DNS which is
mail.vdomain.com IN A 10.0.0.1
vdomain.com. IN mx 10 mail.vdomain.com
Dusty
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 2:29 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] Use domain.com or mail.domain.com?
> We're in a quandary as to the name for our Imail Virtual Hosts. Should
> they be mail.domain.com or domain.com? As far as I am aware the pro's
> and cons are:
>
> 1. the DNS will only have a host of mail.domain.com, not domain.com, so
> it would be 'proper' if Imail identified itself as mail.domain.com.
> 2. if we use mail.domain.com, then the users are by default created
> @mail.domain.com instead of @domain.com. While the domain part of the
> reply-to address can be over-ridden, it'd be preferred if the
> administration was simpler and the user's reply-to address was
> automatically created at the @domain.com domain.
>
> Any comments appreciated,
> Richard in Australia.
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