I think Len is wishing you good luck in growing your email business and this
setup will leave open the future possibility to offload to multiple
machines.
Eric S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Mast, WinFakt!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] "Official Host name" (Len?)
> 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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