On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:09:09AM -0800, Boris Krivulin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to run qmail behind NAT. The local machine is called 'galois',
> with ip number 192.168.1.6. The router is locally called 'euler', and
> globally is accessible by 'hypervolume.com'.
>
> I have set up port forwarding (port 25) from euler to galois. I have ^not^
> declared an MX -- do I need it if I have only one real IP address ?
Just an A record would do fine, but an MX pointing to the name for
this A is nice and clean.
> Also, what do I put in controls/me ? 'galois' or 'hypervolume.com' ?
Whatever you want your machine to show to the outside world. Probably
hypervolume.com
> What else am I missing to get this working ?
Make sure you either handle identd or *reject* port 113 connects on
the outside IP, or outside mail will take a long time.
Greetz, Peter.