> Well, I guess what I am trying to do is the following: > > > A user on the internet enters http://mail.***.com as the URL. > > Now, how does http://mail.***.com get resolved to http://208.***.***.***? > > I don't want users to have to enter the IP address all the time just > http://mail.***.com > > Where/How do I configure this translation? >
I agree that the M$ docs on DNS were lacking. One of the things I had fun trying to do was create an A record so when a user typed http://MySite.com they would get the same as http://www.MySite.com. M$ didn't make it easy. I can't remember exactly how to do the records M$ DNS, I've switched over to letting a Linux box run my DNS. But here's what you need: One A record that has this: mail.domain.com x.x.x.x and one MX record that has: mail.domain.com Now when someone sends email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED], their SMTP server will look up the MX record for "domain.com" and find "mail.domain.com" and then it will translate that address to your x.x.x.x IP. HTH /dev/null email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.BeginThread.com/dev.null ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
