At a command prompt, ping the domain name. If it resolves to the IP address in the hosts file, then it was set correctly.
One thing to note -- the hosts file must end with a blank line, not at the end of a line of text. Dave In reply to 26 Sep message from [email protected]: >Hi Dave >I did create the file based on those specs, but it did not work.. >David J. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dave MacMillan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ><[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:29 AM >Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] I associate the domain name with the >IP Address but... >> See: >> >> http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20020917-DM01.htm >> IMail - How to create an entry in your hosts file >> >> Dave >> >> >> In reply to 26 Sep message from [email protected]: >> >> >Hi, I included the IP address and hostname in the HOST file in >> >the WINNT folder (if there is another HOST file I should be >> >using, please let me know), but the messages still keep returning >> >to me. >> >> >The IMail server was restarted but still nothing. >> >> >Any other ideas? >> >> >David Johnson >> >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "David Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: >> ><[email protected]> >> >Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:16 AM >> >Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Is there a way to associate a >> >domain name with an IP Address >> >> >> >> Hi Sanford >> >> >> >> Just for clarification, are you refering to the host file in the >> WINNT >> >> directory or are your referring to one that is used by IMail? >> >> >> >> Thanks... >> >> >> >> David J. >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Sanford Whiteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: "David Johnson" <[email protected]> >> >> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 6:42 PM >> >> Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Is there a way to associate a domain >> name >> >with >> >> an IP Address >> >> >> >> >> >> > > Is there a way to associate a domain name with an IP address >> in >> >> > > IMail so that we can forward messages? >> >> > >> >> > Add the domain name and the IP address of its MX to the HOSTS file >> as >> >> > a standard entry: >> >> > >> >> > 1.2.3.4 example.com >> >> > >> >> > --Sandy >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------------ >> >> > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist >> >> > Broadleaf Systems, a division of >> >> > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. >> >> > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >> >> > SpamAssassin plugs into Declude! >> >> > >> >> >> >http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/SPAMC32/download/re >> lease/ >> >> > >> >> > Defuse Dictionary Attacks: Turn Exchange or IMail mailboxes into >> IMail >> >> Aliases! >> >> > >> >> >> >http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/exchange2aliases/do >> wnload/release/ >> >> > >> >> >> >http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/ldap2aliases/downlo >> ad/release/ >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> >> > List Archive: >> >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> >> > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> >> List Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> >> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >> >> >> >> >To Unsubscribe: >> >http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: >> >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >To Unsubscribe: >http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
