Len
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The line in the hosts file will have the IP address of the mailserver
where the user accounts are and any aliases for that machine that you
you want.
a.b.c.d gw-hisdomain.mydomain.com hisdomain.com
Dave
In reply to 14 Aug message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>I've got a dedicated line client who has an Exchange server behind
>NAT and ip address a.b.c.d. Exchange is programmed to come over
>the leased line a pick up its mail from my Imail machine.
>I have an MX record for hisdomain.com pointing at
>mail.mydomain.com. So mail for hisdomain.com get to delivered to
>mail.domain.com for relaying on.
>If I've understood ipswitch, it's in NT's hosts file that Imail
>looks first to find the relaying destinations. So should I have a
>line in hosts:
>a.b.c.d hisdomain.com
>But a.b.c.d. is the ip address with name
>gw-hisdomain.mydomain.com, not simply hisdomain.com (I host his
>web server under than name�).
>In NT's hosts file, I should have the ip address of his router's
>NAT outside interface associated with what?
>Does it matter if I have hosts set to:
>a.b.c.d hisdomain
>when in my DNS, there is:
>gw-hisdomain.mydomain.com. IN A a.b.c.d
>????
>Also, is there any param I can set to prevent Imail from
>attempting to deliver his mail to the destination ip?? ie, any
>way to "passivate" Imail's relaying so that it stores but doesn't
>attempt to forward, and waits passively for him to pick it up?
>I'd rather not clog up his leased line with Imail banging awaying
>impotently on his router's outside i/f.
>Thanks,
>Len
