On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 09:27:21AM -0500, Steve Kapinos wrote:
> This isn't really qmail specific, but I need to make it work with my qmail
> server, so lets give it a shot =)
It's on-topic enough for me :)
> I'm confused on how SMTP servers are setup within a domain. I have a piece
> of equipment that sends and recieves email by acting like a SMTP server.
> Its supposed to be setup like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and act like a SMTP
> server.
>
> domain.com has a MX record which points to mail.domain.com which is my qmail
> server. Whats the path a message takes if its sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
That is in no way dependent of the MX records for domain.com. It depends on
the MX records for fax1.domain.com, and if those don't exist, the A record.
> Is this where/how you setup smtprelays? So that mail for a specific host is
> routed within a domain is routed to that host?
You could do something with smtproutes here, if the MX for fax1 points to
your mailserver. Better would be to just put fax1 in it's own MX records.
Greetz, Peter.
--
Peter van Dijk - student/sysadmin/ircoper/womanizer/pretending coder
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