Yup, I think you have a pretty good handle on it. It really is more of a DNS issue but as long as you use the DNS name of the mail server as the OHN for each domain you will avoid any of the pitfalls.
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smart Business Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eric Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Primary Host Name > I just wanted to make certain I understood the issue. > > You seem to be saying that anything other than mail.domain.com will > lead to errors in other IMAIL related applications because of the way > Imail programmers are handling the url constructs in these other and > future applications. > > The url construct is so well known and understood yet programmers for > some reason refuse to completely parse it and use all the elements. I > know it is a very common practice and just always attributed it to > laziness. For instance I see it in MS help and admin files on IIS > where they completely omit the port number even though it is quite > common to install on different ports. And you see it commonly on other > applications which depend on the localhost name despite the fact that > many people do not use localhost. > > It really does not make any difference to me at all so I have no > desire for additional discussion. I'll just accept the constraint as > part of the program. It would have been better if someone from > Ipswitch had responded earlier on this subject since contrary advice > has been given rather often in the last two years I've been reading > the forum posts. > > > > Terry Fritts > > Sunday, June 30, 2002 you wrote: > ES> Sandy has answered this pretty fully. I guess the confusion (if there is > ES> any) is coming from the subject of Primary Host name. This whole thread has > ES> to do with what should be set as the OHN (Official Host Name) for each > ES> domain. If you have further question let me know and I'll be glad to help if > ES> I can. > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
