>1. Do I also need to update the PTR resource record so it would > point to a fully qualified machine name
PTR hostname must ALWAYS be FQDN, at least in BIND reverse zone files. >, ex: mail.domainA.com > instead of just domainA.com? domainA.com _IS_ a FQDN >2. How would I change the Official Host Name? Is it done through > the registry? yes, IMail's GUI is asymmetric in several places. One can set something in the GUI but can only change it by hacking the registry. Len www.menandmice.com/DNS-training : DNS Training BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND for NT4 & W2K IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways 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/
