Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:07:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: setting up mail server Message-ID: <9908191207.aa08657@dick.ccstores.com>
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If you are creating a (FreeBSD) mail server on the net, is it 'required'
to utilize an IP for an address named "smtp.XX.XX" ?
I've got the machine's REAL name, and a second IP for "mail.XX.XX". It seems
to me that if my DNS always points at "MX mail.XX.XX", then "smtp." doesn't
enter the picture but I don't want to miss something.
The reason I ask is a few years ago I hired a consultant to set up my
original email and he created both mail & smtp... I've always left it
as such but never understood why. BTW, my customers point at "mail.XX.XX"
for both POP & smtp services.
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Jim Pazarena mailto:paz@ccstores.com
http://www.qcislands.net/paz
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