Eric:
Yes, I was only referring to the A record for his mail record, not the A
records supporting his web server. You should have an MX record for each
mail domain, as well as an A record "mail", all of which should point to the
mail servers IP address. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric A. Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Beginner's Question on Virtual Hosts
> I am going to have to disagree with Anthony on this one. I wouldn't point
> the domain's A record to the IP of the mail server unless it is also the
web
> server. It is standard procedure for the domain to default to the
webserver
> to accommodate those that just enter "domain.com" in their browsers. For
> mail delivery (SMTP) this is overcome with the use of MX records that will
> point to the mail server. For mail retrieval (POP3 & IMAP4) there is no
way
> to do a re-direct, as t is, to the mail server from just the domain name.
> Your users will have log on to the actual machine. You will also have to
> alias the domain in Imail as Anthony explains. This can all be thrown out
if
> I misunderstood your question about connecting to the POP server. :-)
>
> Eric S
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Beginner's Question on Virtual Hosts
>
>
> > > 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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> >
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