Follow up questions: 1. Do I also need to update the PTR resource record so it would point to a fully qualified machine name, ex: mail.domainA.com instead of just domainA.com?
2. How would I change the Official Host Name? Is it done through the registry? ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Eric Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:37:27 -0400 >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]? >> 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/
