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.
>
>
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