I am going to have to disagree with Anthony on this one. I wouldn't point
the domain's A record to the IP of the mail server unless it is also the web
server. It is standard procedure for the domain to default to the webserver
to accommodate those that just enter "domain.com" in their browsers. For
mail delivery (SMTP) this is overcome with the use of MX records that will
point to the mail server. For mail retrieval (POP3 & IMAP4) there is no way
to do a re-direct, as t is, to the mail server from just the domain name.
Your users will have log on to the actual machine. You will also have to
alias the domain in Imail as Anthony explains. This can all be thrown out if
I misunderstood your question about connecting to the POP server. :-)
Eric S
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Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Beginner's Question on Virtual Hosts
> > I have quite a few existing clients that I'm moving from an outsourced
> mail
> > host to our own mail server running IMail 5. Our current outsourced
mail
> > servers allow users to enter just the domain name (ie. microsoft.com) as
> the
> > pop server. I can't seem to figure out how to allow this to happen on
the
> > IMail server.
> >
>
> Actually this is very easy Ryan. In the Imail Server (in your Control
> panel) select the Gloabl tab, then the Virtual Host Admin button at the
> bottom. You add/delet all your virtual hosts right there and have the
> choice of identifying any given virtual mail host with two names. I
alwasy
> select mail.domain.com as the official mail host name, but also always
> select domain.com as the alias for eash mail host. I'm going to suggest
> that you download the IMail 5.0 user guide if you don't already have it.
> Check out pages 5, 28, 29, 31, 82, and 89 for detailed information about
> virtual mail hosting.
>
> > I have a box as our web server and dns and a second box as our mail
> server.
> > I'm using virtual hosts in IMail along with virtual servers (in IIS4.0
to
> > host the domains), so I only have one IP address assigned to each
machine.
> > I'd really like to figure this problem out so that I can have a seamless
> > transition for my clients.
>
> No problem what-so-ever. In fact I venture this is exactly what most of
us
> do in any event. Just point ALL your A records to the IP of your mail
> server and point all your MX records to either mail.domain.com.
>
> >From this point you will be able to either mail to domain.com OR
> mail.domain.com.
>
> Hope this helps
> Anthony
>
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