and to extend on that further if using a pc based email client (not web based) you can configure the email client as domainA.com or domainB.com
and then let the mx record for each domain do it's work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Can't get my head around this DNS issue > > >I have DNS running on my Windows 2000 domain. The problem is, with the > >server's name being "mail", how can I differentiate between > >mail.domainA.com and mail.domainB.com internally? > > You can't. > > Specifically, "mail" can't refer to both mail.domainA.com and > mail.domainB.com. It can refer to one or neither, but not both (otherwise, > how would Windows know whether to send packets to mail.domainA.com or > mail.domainB.com?). > > In this case, don't try to use just "mail" as a name (which is ambiguous) > -- instead, use "mail.domainA.com" or "mail.domainB.com" (depending on > which you are trying to reach). > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > 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/ > > *Scanned for viruses by Declude Virus* > > *Scanned for viruses by Declude Virus* 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/
