> I have quite a few existing clients that I'm moving from an outsourced
mail
> host to our own mail server running IMail 5. Our current outsourced mail
> servers allow users to enter just the domain name (ie. microsoft.com) as
the
> pop server. I can't seem to figure out how to allow this to happen on the
> IMail server.
>
Actually this is very easy Ryan. In the Imail Server (in your Control
panel) select the Gloabl tab, then the Virtual Host Admin button at the
bottom. You add/delet all your virtual hosts right there and have the
choice of identifying any given virtual mail host with two names. I alwasy
select mail.domain.com as the official mail host name, but also always
select domain.com as the alias for eash mail host. I'm going to suggest
that you download the IMail 5.0 user guide if you don't already have it.
Check out pages 5, 28, 29, 31, 82, and 89 for detailed information about
virtual mail hosting.
> I have a box as our web server and dns and a second box as our mail
server.
> I'm using virtual hosts in IMail along with virtual servers (in IIS4.0 to
> host the domains), so I only have one IP address assigned to each machine.
> I'd really like to figure this problem out so that I can have a seamless
> transition for my clients.
No problem what-so-ever. In fact I venture this is exactly what most of us
do in any event. Just point ALL your A records to the IP of your mail
server and point all your MX records to either mail.domain.com.
>From this point you will be able to either mail to domain.com OR
mail.domain.com.
Hope this helps
Anthony
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