Len, While you are technically correct, I was trying to help out by being specific to his situation (seeing as his current mx for pacificdatavision.com does point to imail.pacifidatavision.com). If he uses that as his MX, then if he ever has to change the IP, he only changes it once. You and I both know the details of how this works and it is easy for you and me, but since he was also asking what you and I look at as a very easy thing to do, I thought I'd be nice and give him a very direct, specific answer. Just realize that some people's replies are not to be looked upon as stuff to write documentation from, but in context.
That said, Len is perfectly correct. Then again, so am I. ************* Dave Heritage dave at onx dot cc ************* -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Domain Alias - How To >1) the mx record for pdvcorp.com needs to be >imail.pacificdatavision.com DNS isn't (that) rigid. The data field of an MX record can by _any_ FQDN, as long as the FQDN has an A record that resolves to the IP of an MTA. In the Imail domain alias situation, there is no need for nor should there ever be any CNAMEs / aliases used in MX data fields (iow, MX data field must be a canonical hostname). Len _____________________________________________________________________ http://IMGate.MEIway.com : free anti-spam gateway, runs on 1000's of sites 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/
