From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jul 23 00:56:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA02528 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:56:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bach.safetyweb.com.au (bach.safetyweb.com.au [203.37.24.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02504 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:56:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from greg@safetyweb.com.au) Received: from bridge.safetyweb.com.au (bridge.safetyweb.com.au [203.37.24.6]) by bach.safetyweb.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA05394; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 17:55:18 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980723175056.03c3ed00@bach> X-Sender: greg@bach X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 17:50:56 +1000 To: domreg From: Greg Ryan Subject: Re: MX CNAME Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <199807230205.TAA15450@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Should I go change all the ocurrences in all the domains we host? > >Or should I give mailhost the same ip-adress as the realhost instead of >giving it a cname to realhost? * point the mx record to realhost * put a cname for mailhost pointing to realhost * clients setup their mailer prog to point to mailhost (the CNAME in case you change realhost - its easier to change your named than a couple of dozen customers on that domain name) * put an entry in the reverse mapping (the in-addr.arpa) file for realhost and its IP happy happy greg -- SafetyWeb Internet Solutions Pty Ltd Suite 1101, Capital Tower Canberra City ACT 2601 Australia +61 02 6257 9901 Telephone +61 02 6257 9904 Technical Support +61 02 6257 9902 Fax greg@safetyweb.com.au http://www.safetyweb.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message