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.

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