Bryan,
If you have only one domain (actually any number of domains, but the one
which uses the Primary IP), you MUST have the entry in the HOSTS file, if
the IMail OHN is not the same as the computers host+domain names. I'm not
saying it won't work without this (NT/IMail will use DNS if it does not find
the HOSTS entry), but looking to DNS could get a 'different' response (IP)
for the 'domain name' as most people use the IP of the WWW server on the
domain name. If there is no mail server on that host, then IMail will not be
able to 'deliver'. Or it could deliver to the 'wrong' host!
If you computers name is not 'mail....', you do not need an entry for that
in the HOSTS file. HOSTS should have Loopback, IP+FQDN of computer (NT
should create this, but if you change IP/Host/domain name, I have found that
it almost always does NOT change the entry!). IMail requires the one above
and other IP/domain names for 'Store and Forward' domains (you do not want
NT/IMail to do a DNS lookup). Domains in IMail on secondary IPs do not need
HOSTS file entries.
If you want IMail to accept messages with something 'different' from the
domain name after the @, then just use the 'Alias' field in the IMail Host
Configuration. Of course that name must resolve in DNS to the IMail Servers
IP (have MX that points to the IMail host).
Do what Dusty said and add the HOSTS entry and that should be it!
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrews, Bryan (COX-Atlanta)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Reply to?
> That is what I was thinking... but why would I need to save a lookup? Any
> mail destined to our domain (from our domain) would never even query
dns...
> would it?
>
> OK but lastly... since my machine name is not 'mail', do I need a host
entry
> for mail.mydomain.com? I guess it could not hurt huh?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ## Dusty Carden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Reply to?
>
>
> Andrew. When I made this change all I did was go in to Imail Virtual Host
> Admin,
> type domain.com in the host name box, put mail.domain.com in the alias
box,
> saved changes and answered no when prompted if I wanted to create a new
> virtual domain. Restarted SMTP service and was done with it.
> No hosts entries, etc. FWIW, a hosts entry does save a DNS lookup. <g>
>
> Dusty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrews, Bryan (COX-Atlanta)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 6:49 AM
> Subject: FW: [IMail Forum] Reply to?
>
>
> > One last try for this:
>
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