Dustin, While they don't have to be the same, you do have to make sure that all DNS records resolve to the correct names and IP addresses from the view of all email servers (including the external world with your reverse PTR lookups for your external IP address as it should match the host name for your mail server, otherwise remote mail servers might reject your email thinking it's SPAM).
In short, you can use the domain/host alias field if the domain name and host are different (almost necessary in peered server configurations). Be advised that in some cases you may need manually add a line to your server's "HOSTS" file (\<win>\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS). There are couple links on Ipswitches support site that might help... http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/guide/imailug7.1/Chapter%203%20config6 .html http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/guide/imailug7.1/Appendix%20I%20dns3.h tml http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/guide/imailug7.1/Appendix%20I%20dns4.h tml For more links, go to... "http://jabba.ipswitch.com/query.html"; and enter... "host name | imail" in the search field for more links on Ipswitches site. -ives ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dustin Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] imail hostname vs dns name > we just installed a new installation of iMail 7.14 > we would like to have the iMail virtual host name (imail.domain.com) be > different than the DNS host name (webmail.domain.com) iMail appears to > require the hostname to be identical to the DNS hostname. > Any work around for this? > > Thanks > Dustin > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
