Eric,
>From what I read in your reply you are saying that a zone file should look
something like what I have show (simplified, just using A records) for
yoursitename.com, correct? In my example .50 and .100 are two different
machines. iMail is on .100 and IIS is running on .50. There is no smtp
server of any sort running on .50.
IN A 10.10.10.50
IN MX 10 mail
mail IN A 10.10.10.100
pop IN A 10.10.10.100
smtp IN A 10.10.10.100
www IN A 10.10.10.50
ftp IN A 10.10.10.50
I have set up yoursitename.com as a virtual (IP-less) domain in iMail with
an official host name of yoursitename.com and an alias of
mail.yoursitename.com. If I send mail from another domain (not on the iMail
server) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the mail bounces, which tells me the MX
record is not redirecting the mail to the smtp server. If I send mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] the mail does not bounce. This conflicts with the
way you described it. Am I misunderstanding something here or am I just
confused? yoursitename.com and www.yoursitename.com both go to the web
server as expected.
Thanks,
Roger
> ----- 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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