>The manual still seems targeted at WinNT, and I had a question during
>initial setup when it refers to the "Official Host Name" - my Win2000 box
>isn't part of a 'domain' so all it has is a Workgroup machine name.
the workgroup name is MS proprietary networking, has nothing to do
with tcp/ip networking.
>So do I enter the machine name here (which doesn't seem right to me) or
>enter the true domain name which the DNS records will be pointing to anyway:
>"mydomainname.com".
you enter the internet domain name that you want to receive mail for,
the one your registered with a registrar.
>Then would I setup an alias which points to "mail.mydomainname.com"
yes,
Thanks in advance! This is my first foray into email and I don't want to
>screw anything up! :)
Don't worry, you will :)) Our prices for unscrewing you are very
reasonable :))
Len
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