Re: host name re-writing?

[Mirko Zeibig]

anoah wrote:
> i fixed this by making DNS say that this machines fqdn is
> jfh.pfeiffer.edu, and made ares.pfeiffer.edu the cname instead
> 
> now all is well. why do smtp mails re-write the hostname?????
> 
I think you have to have a MX record pointing to both ares.pfeiffer.edu
and jfh.pfeiffer.edu in your DNS, as AFAIK SMTP does have a look for the
MX-entries to determine where to deliver.
Regards
Mirko
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