Official Host Name should be a fully qualified machine name and not just the domain name. Otherwise all looks ok
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Rafanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:10 AM Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail and DNS implementation > I'd like to get your comments on how to improve this current > setup to serve as our reference for future implementations. > > --- > # Current IMail configuration: > > Virtual Host: domainA.com > > Official Host Name: domainA.com > > IP Address: 192.10.11.12 > > Host Aliases: mail.domainA.com > domainB.com > mail.domainB.com > > > # DNS Records shows: > > domainA.com > MX mail.domainA.com > A 192.10.11.12 > > domainB.com > MX mail.domainA.com > > PTR lookup for 192.10.11.12 showed: name = domainA.com > > * note than domainB.com was used as a host alias for domainA.com > --- > > Currently [EMAIL PROTECTED] can send and receive emails. > Email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is also received by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Right now it's working fine, but as a reference for future > implementations do I need to change the Official Host Name to a > FQDN and also update the PTR record and map to a FQDN likewise? > > Which will then show: > Official Host Name: > mail.domainA.com > PTR lookup for 192.10.11.12 would show: > name = mail.domainA.com > > And is it also acceptable to have a different domain name on the > Host Aliases just like the case above wherein [EMAIL PROTECTED] may > receive mails sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]? > > Thanks, > Gary > > > > > 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/
