Jim,
IMail 'picks' the real machine name (FQDN) for this field automatically,
when installing as the 'best' thing to use (it is!, it is the real name of
the machine in TCPIP settings). If you do not use that name, you need to add
an entry in the HOSTS file. For a typical install:
FQDN='mail.mydomain.name' and you tell IMail 'mydomain.name', instead. HOSTS
file should be:
127.0.0.1 localhost
1.2.3.4 mail.mydomain.name
1.2.3.4 mydomain.name
Without this, IMail will look to DNS for 'mydomain.name' and probably finds
something different (the IP of your www server, most likely!). Unless the 2
(WWW and IMail) are on the same machine(even if it is, you want to plan for
the time it won't be!), it won't work. IMail will try to deliver to the
'other' machine, probably won't find a SMTP server, and then will
eventually, 'bounce' it back (if it can?).
Daniel Donnelly
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Priest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: [IMail Forum] setup on Win2000 ?'s
> Just got Imail server and had a quick question in regards to setting it up
> on Win2000.
>
> 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.
>
> 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".
>
> Then would I setup an alias which points to "mail.mydomainname.com" or do
> that in the DNS records themselves?
>
> Thanks in advance! This is my first foray into email and I don't want to
> screw anything up! :)
>
> Jim
>
>
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