Wow, I hope this helps, because, frankly, I don't see how this applies to
the problem at hand. Further, I really hope other people out there don't
feel the need to create a dns entry for each subdomain (smtp, pop3, imap4,
webmail)!
At 8/3/00 10:44 AM, you wrote:
>>Hmmm. I'm not sure. It would seem that it doesn't need it. Can you set
>>up a separate DNS for each domain? My clients (albeit all virtual) can
>>access their web mail from http://mail.domain.com/. Therefore, if it's
>>tied to a IP, they wouldn't need a the "virtual" login. And you can have
>>a separate web template for each.
>>
>>Needless to say, I don't really know since I haven't actually done this.
>
>The was the consensus long ago in this list, but for newbies it bears
>repeating:
>
>In Imail:
>mail hostname : domain.com
>mail hostname alias: mail.domain.com (and/or smtp and/or pop3 and/or
>imap4 and/or webmail)
>
>DNS forward zone:
>
>domain.com MX 10 mail.domain.com
>mail.domain.com MX 10 mail.domain.com
>smtp.domain.com MX 10 mail.domain.com
>
>domain.com A ip.ad.re.ss
>mail.domain.com A ip.ad.re.ss
>smtp.domain.com A ip.ad.re.ss
>pop.domain.com A ip.ad.re.ss
>imap.domain.com A ip.ad.re.ss
>webmail.domain.com A ip.ad.re.ss
>
>ALL, repeat ALL, mail hostnames and their alieas defined in Imail must
>have both MX and A records to be acceptable to the widest range of most
>restrictive mail servers doing anti-spam checking and DNS validations.
>
>Then, for your clients in their mail programs:
>
>outgoing mail SMTP server: mail.domain.com or smtp.domain.com
>incoming mail POP3 server: pop.domain.com
>incoming mail IMAP4 server: imap.domain.com
>
>Webmail url: webmail.domain.com
>
>The advantage of having separate hostnames for (mail and smtp) vs (pop and
>imap) and webmail is that when your traffic gets heavy, you can have
>separate machines / ip's for smtp and pop/imap and web messaging traffic,
>with your clients making no change in their mail programs.
>
>Len
>
>
>
>
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