Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:07:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read <dread@calcasieu.com> To: Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: setting up mail server Message-ID: <XFMail.990820000754.dread@calcasieu.com> In-Reply-To: <9908191207.aa08657@dick.ccstores.com>
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On 19-Aug-99 Jim Pazarena wrote:
> 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" ?
>
Nope.
> 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.
>
that'll be fine.
Be sure to use an 'A' record for mail (| mx | smtp | whatever)
no 'CNAME' target allowed.
> 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.
prolly thinking forward to in-bound & out-bound servers. ( but just a guess on
my part.)
Regards,
---
Don Read dread@calcasieu.com
EDP Manager dread@texas.net
Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX
-- But I'm in good company, sendmail has kicked a great many
butts in the past
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