If I understand correctly, this is what you are looking for:
DNS settings for domainname.com
CNAME (same as parent) {IP address of web server}
CNAME www {IP address of web server}
A mail {IP address of mail server}
MX mail.domainname.com {this will reference the A record above for the IP
address}
That way when someone sends mail to domainname.com, it knows where the
server is. If someone goes to www.domainname.com it goes to the web server.
Hope that helps.
Trent
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Trent M. Davenport - Systems Administrator
Northern Television Systems Ltd - WHTV
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Setzer
Sent: April 5, 2002 11:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [IMail Forum] OT: DNS MX & CNAME
Hello,
This slightly OT so you can respond off list if you like.
I'm trying to set up a domain so that all http traffic is aliased to another
site and mail is delivered to our Imail server.
I want this in the record for domain2.
CNAME (same as parent) www.domain1.com
CNAME www www.domain1.com
A mail xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
MX mail.domain2.com
However:
MS DSN will not let me put the following two entries in the same record:
CNAME (same as parent) www.domain1.com
MX mail.domain2.com
I can put the following in the record:
CNAME (same as parent) www.domain1.com
MX mail.domain1.com
I can also put the following in the record:
CNAME www www.domain1.com
MX mail.domain2.com
I don't understand why it won't let me do this. How do I set-up DNS so that
mail is delivered to mail server @domain2.com but all web traffic is aliased
to domain1.com. BTW: We MUST alias the traffic because we're reading host
headers to custom tailor content and can't put an A record in domain2
pointing to domain1s IP.
Must I put MX in domain2 to the effect of "domain2mail.domain1.com" and
setup Imail as Hostname= domain2.com HostAlias=domain2mail.domain1.com?
If I do this then all users will have to put domain2mail.domain1.com in
their mail client, correct?
Thanks
David
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