>>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:55 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Internal mail server >>> >>> >>> Here is my problem: >>> >>> I have a lab with students that is going to be taught how >>> to use an email client(Outlook). I want to set them up on an >>> internal server that will not be visible from the outside >>> world(Internet). I have the mail server setup using qmail and >>> freebsd4.7. I also want to use a fake domain name, i.e. >>> labcomps.net,.org,.com whatever, so that I will be able to >>> send email within the class and no email will go outside or >>> from the outside to the inside. >> >> Ironically, i just finished doing exactly that, if I understand you >> correctly. >> >> >>> >>> Questions: >>> 1. Can I setup a dns server to do this with the fake domain >>> name and not be visible to the outside? >> >> Yup. I set up a DNS server on my lan to respond to my fake domain. >> Sorry, I used a friend's DNS configuration as a guide, so I cannot >> give too many examples. I did check the freebsd handbook for many >> small items for dns though. Just make sure your hostname matches the >> dns stuff to make life easier. >> >>> >>> 2. Has somebody done this type of setup before and have any >>> online documentation that I could follow? >> >> Qmail: >> http://logicsquad.net/freebsd/qmail-how-to.html >> >> >> >>> >>> 3. Can somebody tell me if this is even a possibility? >>> >>> Thank You, >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> >>> > Excellent! This is what I was hoping I would hear. The one question I > forgot to ask is probably the most important one. The lab computers get > their IP's from dhcp on the external router so that they can surf the > Internet for other classes that they have. These are all win98 clients, > so after I put up the dns server would I just have to configure the lab > computers to also look at the internal dns that I created with the fake > domain name to be able to do the mx lookups? Would this cause any > problems for the lab computers to get to the Internet and still be able > to use the fake dns server setup for mail? > > Jon >
Not a problem at all. Just give named authority over the 'fake' domain and give it some forwarders (in example named.conf file supplied with FreeBSD). Then point all the m$ clients at the internal dns. Added bonus... it'll cache the results and depending on how dns was previously set up you could see some reduction in external lookups. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
