That's right, domain MX records should also point to mailserver host. In my case, my MX records were pointing to my host but I had the same trouble until I figured out that it's hostname screwing up my things (Sending outgoing mail with [EMAIL PROTECTED]). After I set FQDN, without any other changes, my server started sending mails with [EMAIL PROTECTED])
venkat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarton O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 9:48 AM Subject: RE: Problem with QMAILHOST > > Your problem is related to FQDN. If your OS is Linux, you can set your > > hostname with hostname -v yourhostname.yourdomain.com command and if your > OS > > is Solaris simply hostname yourhostname.yourdomain.com > > > > Make sure that your hostname is a CNAME (Should have an entry in your dns > > server) > > An MX record should be servicing 'hostname' as in > username@'hostname'.whatever and the preferred MX should be referenced by an > A record (from memory, CNAMEs aren't acceptable, something about looping > recursive queries ... or something :). _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
