I'm a little confused by page 26 from the 6.0 manual. It refers to the host
file as such:
127.0.0.1 localhost 'this is normal
156.21.50.5 mail.domain.com 'this is forwarding mail coming to
mail.domain.com to another server
'add the following line
156.21.50.5 'this is forwarding mail coming to domain.com to the same
server
What if I am not using a server as a relay and mail is coming directly to
the IMAIL server? Just change the name inside Imail admin?
Also is it generally recommended that you use a smtp relay to relieve the
main server of those duties?
Bryan Andrews
Senior Web Administrator
Cox Communications, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Donnelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 2:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bryan,
Only warning I can give, is when you change the 'Official
Host Name', then
click Save, IMail will ask if you are creating a new domain,
you MUST
answer, NO. Answer yes, and it will now have 2 domains and
that is not what
you want! If you do expect mail to be addressed in any other
form, you might
want to add the 'old OHN' to the Alias field, before you
click the Save
button.
You could accomplish the same thing [IMail accepting either
form of address]
with adding the 'domain.com' as the Alias, in the Host
Configuration screen,
and not changing the OHN. With Scott's answer about the
hosts file (when
this is the Primary IP of the computer), that is all there
is to do for
IMail.
Of course, DNS changes might also be needed. I did not check
yours, so do
not know exactly what you have.
Gee, I think this is pretty easy overall! Yea, you have to
check a few
things, perform a few steps, but no more than you would if
you were setting
up any other IP based domain.
But if you want another way to do it, you could by editing
the registry. A
bit harder to explain, but actually pretty easy to 'rename'
a domain.
Lastly, it is ALWAYS a good idea to backup the registry
before undertaking
'major' changes to domains. Means you can go back to what
you had, if
something or someone messes up.
BTW, about the only time the 'reply to' address is used, is
from Web
Messaging (normal POP3/IMAP4 clients set it and use what
they 'know' when
constructing the message). And, if you have your DNS set
correctly, it
really does not make any difference to the actual delivery
of email. Does it
really make a difference that you can send me email at
either
[EMAIL PROTECTED], and [EMAIL PROTECTED], and
both get to me??
Worst effect I have seen (from the outside looking in) is
that I get 2 email
addresses for you, but both work.
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cal Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 1:30 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Reply to?
> Not only that, but it's pretty painless to switch. Done it
with my teeth
> clenched, and it worked just like it ought.
>
> --Cal Frye, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
> "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal
from many is
> research."
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
R. Scott Perry
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 11:31 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Reply to?
>
>
> > Hmmmm... is there a way around this? What are the
> > consequences of changing
> > the fully qualified name to domain.com from
mail.domain.com?
> >
> > This is a need for obvious reasons...
>
> Despite the evil warning when you install (that you MUST
use the real
> machine name as the official host name), Ipswitch told me
that I could do
> it. You just have to make sure to add the name
(domain.com) to the
> hosts.etc file (see p.26 of the manual).
>
> You would think they could make this easier, since I would
guess a large
> percentage of people need to get mail in the form
"@domain.com", rather
than
> "@mail.domain.com".
> -Scott
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