The only thing I see right off is that the MX record needs to point to a
fully qualified machine name. In the case of this example it would look
like:
yoursitename.com
IN A 10.10.10.50
IN MX 10 mail.yoursitename.com
mail IN A 10.10.10.100
www IN A 10.10.10.50
ftp IN A 10.10.10.50
This is NOT an example of an IPless domain on the Imail machine as the mail
is associated with an IP. If the .50 address is for the web and ftp servers
and an IPless virtual is setup on the Imail machine it would look more like
this:
yoursitename.com
IN A 10.10.10.50
IN MX 10 mail.mainmailserver.com
www IN A 10.10.10.50
ftp IN A 10.10.10.50
In the Virtual domain setup the Official Host name would be
mail.yoursitename.com with a domain alias of yoursitename.com.
I do not know why you have the smtp and pop records in there. They shouldn't
be necessary. Your users will point their mail client to the main Imail
server for both pop and smtp and use [EMAIL PROTECTED] as their login.
Hope this clears things up some.
Eric S
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 2:56 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Beginner's Question on Virtual Hosts
> Eric,
>
> >From what I read in your reply you are saying that a zone file should
look
> something like what I have show (simplified, just using A records) for
> yoursitename.com, correct? In my example .50 and .100 are two different
> machines. iMail is on .100 and IIS is running on .50. There is no smtp
> server of any sort running on .50.
>
> IN A 10.10.10.50
> IN MX 10 mail
> mail IN A 10.10.10.100
> pop IN A 10.10.10.100
> smtp IN A 10.10.10.100
> www IN A 10.10.10.50
> ftp IN A 10.10.10.50
>
> I have set up yoursitename.com as a virtual (IP-less) domain in iMail with
> an official host name of yoursitename.com and an alias of
> mail.yoursitename.com. If I send mail from another domain (not on the
iMail
> server) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the mail bounces, which tells me the MX
> record is not redirecting the mail to the smtp server. If I send mail to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] the mail does not bounce. This conflicts with
the
> way you described it. Am I misunderstanding something here or am I just
> confused? yoursitename.com and www.yoursitename.com both go to the web
> server as expected.
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eric A. Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 10:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Beginner's Question on Virtual Hosts
> >
> >
> > > 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
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > 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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