Great! Thanks for helping me understand this better. Oblio
At 3/29/02 03:34 PM +0100, you wrote: >>But since they have their own mail server/dedicated line, they do their >>own sending. > >ok. > >>All that's necessary for us to provide backup services is the MX record >>and a hosts entry? That's not bad. > >no > >>Is hosts used for anything else? > >yes, Imail, and most other tcp/ip apps, will use it to resolve any domain >name before Imail queries DNS. > >Len > >http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training >http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND for NT4 & W2K >http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be >removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
