Re: [IMail Forum] DNS confusion...

[Matrosity Hosting]

we've debated in-house whether it should be an host or a cname but never found any concrete difference is why I asked. Eric Shanbrom wrote: See Len's post as he describes what I was saying. But, since the dictionary attack defense has become a reality in IMail it is less of an issue having the mail server publicly available.   Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: Matrosity Hosting To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] DNS confusion... are you saying a host or cname? Eric Shanbrom wrote: no it would not need an MX  In fact it shouldn't have one just an "A" record if it is going to be publicly accessible (not the best idea) Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oblio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:33 AM Subject: [IMail Forum] DNS confusion... If I have a domain, example.com, with an MX record that points to mail.example.com, is there a reason that mail.example.com would *also* need an MX record?  Would it need on if mail.example.com has an IP address with a valid PTR?  Does this make sense? 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/