Maybe it's just luck or because I only host one domain, but I have trhs.org as the host name and no aliases. Hasn't caused me any problems.
Dan Len Conrad wrote: > >> This is where I start to get fuzzy. I can't understand why mail would >> ever >> be addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > you're correct, there's no GOOD reason. tons of bad reasons. > >> i.e. - sender types [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> in his browser, delivers mail to his ISPs SMTP server, that server >> looks up >> MX, finds mail.domain.com at 1.1.1.1, connects to 1.1.1.1 tries to >> deliver >> mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Correct? So mail should never be addressed to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], should it? > > > nope. not with [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the mail address. > > mail.domain.com is one of the biggest fsckup's in Imail docs and > practice. Before one could, as I advised, rid your entire IMail and dns > of the mail.domain.com abomination, but since Imail 7.something, > Ipswitch has hard-coded mail into their web cgi, or somewhere, or > something. And mail.domain.com, apparently, has to the be mail host > canonical name, with domain.com as the alias. arghhh. > > whew! The week almost expired without that rant! :)) > > Len > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > www.menandmice.com/DNS-training : DNS Training > BIND8NT.MEIway.com: Secure config ; DNS and mail interactions > IMGate.MEIway.com : Free, proven config for anti-mail-abuse gateways > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
