Len,
WHY do we need mail.domain.com, smtp.domain.com and pop.domain.com?
Averything works now, and I don't have these DNS settings...
regards,
Patrick Mast
www.Patrick.be.kz
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Len Conrad
> Verzonden: maandag 23 oktober 2000 14:44
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: [IMail Forum] "Official Host name" (Len?)
>
>
>
> >I have set up my DNS and iMail like you said. It works great. Thanks!
>
> Il n'y pas de quoi, mon p�te.
>
>
> >But:
> >Do I NEED the mail.domain.com??
>
> Just in case, and it can't hurt. Anyway, you need practice on that
> W2K DNS GUI!
>
> >Do I NEED an mail.domain.alias in the iMail configuration?
>
> Yes, also for flexibility later. Hey, and I'm not finished!!. For
> all your domains, do these A records:
>
> mail.domain.com ; internet sends mail here, so needs A and MX
> smtp.domain.com ; your clients send their outgoing mail here
> for relaying after SMTP AUTH
> pop.domain.com ; they read their mailboxes here with pop3
> webmail.domain.com ; they read their mailboxes here with a browser
>
> >If I don;t need it, I can use the mail.domain.com for another purpose (To
> >redirect to www.domain.com:8383)
>
> No, use "functional" hostnames like "webmail", and don't overload one
> hostname with many functions, because later you can have different
> machines per function.
>
> browsers go to port :80 looking for webmail.domain.com, and IIS
> redirects to :8383, this is a cool trick that needs to be in the KB
> and Imail7 docs. How long have we struggled with this?? I'm sure
> Apache can do the same http redirect.
>
> www.domain.com:80 is the http server for the website, A record.
> domain.com:80 is the same web server, different host header, A +
> MX records.
>
> pop.domain.com:110 A record
> smtp.domain.com:25 A record only
> mail.domain.com:25 A + MX records
>
> A+
>
> Len
>
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