Official Host Name should be a fully qualified machine name and not just the
domain name. Otherwise all looks ok

Eric S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Rafanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:10 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail and DNS implementation


> I'd like to get your comments on how to improve this current
> setup to serve as our reference for future implementations.
>
> ---
> # Current IMail configuration:
>
> Virtual Host: domainA.com
>
> Official Host Name: domainA.com
>
> IP Address: 192.10.11.12
>
> Host Aliases: mail.domainA.com
>               domainB.com
>               mail.domainB.com
>
>
> # DNS Records shows:
>
> domainA.com
>    MX   mail.domainA.com
>    A    192.10.11.12
>
> domainB.com
>    MX   mail.domainA.com
>
> PTR lookup for 192.10.11.12 showed: name = domainA.com
>
> * note than domainB.com was used as a host alias for domainA.com
> ---
>
> Currently [EMAIL PROTECTED] can send and receive emails.
> Email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is also received by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Right now it's working fine, but as a reference for future
> implementations do I need to change the Official Host Name to a
> FQDN and also update the PTR record and map to a FQDN likewise?
>
> Which will then show:
> Official Host Name:
>    mail.domainA.com
> PTR lookup for 192.10.11.12 would show:
>    name = mail.domainA.com
>
> And is it also acceptable to have a different domain name on the
> Host Aliases just like the case above wherein [EMAIL PROTECTED] may
> receive mails sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
>
>
>
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