Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:26:22 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Jim Pazarena' <paz@ccstores.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: setting up mail server Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105BB1@site2s1>
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It's just one of those common practices that people perform, there's almost always an alias 'smtp.domain.org' to the actual mail server. It is not explicitly "required"! -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Pazarena [SMTP:paz@ccstores.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 3:08 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: setting up mail server > > 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. > > > -- > Jim Pazarena mailto:paz@ccstores.com > http://www.qcislands.net/paz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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