----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tolmachoff (Lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 18:37 Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Domain Literals
> > Need some help setting up a domain literal. I am running 8.0 with no mail > > relay selected. Have searched Knowledge base > > and read the RFC. Tried the inbound rule also. > > Are you talking about this? > > WARN: One or more of your mailservers does not accept mail in the domain > literal format ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Mailservers are technically required > RFC1123 5.2.17 to accept mail to domain literals for any of its IP > addresses. Not accepting domain literals can make it more difficult to test > your mailserver, and can prevent you from receiving E-mail from people > reporting problems with your mailserver. However, it is unlikely that any > problems will occur if the domain literals are not accepted. > > Add the IP address of the server as an alias to the official host record. How does this work for virtual domains? Is it safe to put the IP address in as an alias for these as well? -- A. Clausen 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/
