Just some thoughts.. I see that 'legal-america.com' already exists. It also appears that swbell does your DNS for you. If this is the case it would be best not to create your own DNS server.
No lookups would be done on/agenst your new DNS box because the only nameservers listed are ns1.swbell.com and ns2.swbell.com. I would recommend calling the people who host your DNS (swbell) and asking them to configure what you need. Good luck, Andrew S. Bounds -----Original Message----- From: /dev/null [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:31 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Re: DNS Configuration > 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] ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
