Reid,
Although IMail and other servers can handle this, CNAMEs should not be used
in MX records, by RFC.
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Reid Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 3:00 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] MX entry question from a newbie
> Thanks for the responses. Based on them, the entries for my domain
> (iontribe.com) now look like:
>
> iontribe.com A ip address
> *.iontribe.com A ip address
>
> mail.iontribe.com CNAME iontribe.com
>
> iontribe.com MX Hi mail.iontribe.com
> mail.iontribe.com MX Hi mail.iontribe.com
>
> Is that it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Reid
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Conrad
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 2:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] MX entry question from a newbie
>
>
>
> >Newbie hoping for some help:
>
> God must love newbies, because He sure ... vbg
>
> >I installed imail on my webserver and made the followign MX record
> >modifications.
> >
> >Host Name Priority Mailserver
> >domainname.com X-Hi domainname.com
> >domainname.com Hi www.domainname.com
>
> hmmmmm, priority x-hi?
>
> >Is the above correct? Or should I use the machine name or IP address for
> the
> >Mailserver instead of the domainname?
>
> The Imail user doc is very good on basic DNS set up. Read that, and also
> maybe this:
> http://bind8nt.meiway.com/itsaDNSmess.cfm
>
> >I made the MX change on Friday and email sent to my domainname addresses
> are
> >still bouncing back.
>
> In DNS:
>
> ;zone file: db.domain.com
>
> domain.com. MX 10 mail.domain.com.
> mail.domain.com. MX 10 mail.domain.com.
>
> domain.com A ip.ad.re.ss
> mail.domain.com A ip.ad.re.ss
>
> That's all there iztuit in DNS. btw, 10 is "preference number" not
> priority.
>
> In Imail:
>
> mailhost: domain.com
> mailhost alias: mail.domain.com
>
> Done.
>
> If you tell us what your mail domain is, we can go have a look at your DNS
> setup.
>
> Might also shows you imail\spool\sysMMDD.txt file where mail is bouncing.
> ie, sys0813.txt
>
> Oldie hoping this helps.
>
> Len
>
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