Thanks Calin, Works well. I was too busy thinking about mail server settings to think about the hosts file.
At 11:00 AM 3/12/2002 +0200, you wrote: >There is a file: 'host' in WINNT\system32\drivers\etc folder. > >Put inside a line with ip address of your Win2000 server followed by the >full host name that you want (like mail.xmailserver.org). > >Otherwise you need to setup a reverse DNS zone for your IP. > > > >Calin > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Wolfy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:36 AM >Subject: [xmail] Mail server host name in greeting > > >Hi, > >When I look at DNS info from www.dnsreport.com one of the fields it reports >is "Mail server host name in greeting". > >The name it reports is not the domain name that is configured in the >server.tab file for the root, pop, or hello domain. >Additionally there is no RDNS on the IP for mail.domain.com (yes I know >this is bad, but lets overlook it for the moment). >There is also no RDNS on the 'gateway' IP that the mail actually gets sent >through. > >However, the dnsreport seems to report the hostname configured on the >computer (Windows 2000) - at least this is the only place I can find a >reference to the domain listed as the "Mail server host name in greeting". >Is it possible to change the "Mail server host name in greeting" to >something else, with XMail settings - without having to change the hostname >of the machine? > >Thanks, >Scott > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
