Search Again: Re: OT: EIMS 2.2 or DNS Question From: Paul Willis Date: Friday, September 10, 1999 Time: 5:55:00 pm Hi >Thanks for the reply. With EIMS don't I need seperate IP Addresses for >each domain in order for them to have "seperate" configurations? No EIMS runs on one IP number (can share that IP number with another service it is only using ports 25 for SMTP and 110 for POP3) You have a choice how to set up the DNS records: 1) Choose a generic name for your mail server and in that domain file add an A record for the mail server ie: mail.yourdomain.com A 123.123.123.001 then in each separate domain file add: separatedomain.com MX 10 mail.yourdomain.com OR.... 2) In your DNS file for each domain you could have something like: www.anydomain.com A 123.123.123.001 mail.anydomain.com A 123.123.123.002 anydomain.com MX 10 mail.anydomain.com the first IP number being where the webserver for the domain is and the second one where the EIMS server is, for some of the domains in your set up this would be the same. The problem with this set up would be that the PTR record wouldn't match the name of the mail server which can cause problems with some mail servers that do reverse lookups before accepting mail (never had a problem myself) Paul Willis ----------------------------------------------- Netro42 Ltd Internet consultancy, design, development and e-commerce solutions. Tel +44 (0) 171 267 7002 http://www.netro42.com mailto:info@netro42.com -----------------------------------------------

Messages In This Thread: OT: EIMS 2.2 or DNS Question by charles kline on Sep 10, 1999 at 12:24:00 pm Re: OT: EIMS 2.2 or DNS Question by Paul Willis on Sep 10, 1999 at 2:32:00 pm Re: OT: EIMS 2.2 or DNS Question by charles kline on Sep 10, 1999 at 4:54:00 pm Re: OT: EIMS 2.2 or DNS Question by Paul Willis on Sep 10, 1999 at 5:55:00 pm Re: OT: EIMS 2.2 or DNS Question by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Sep 11, 1999 at 6:20:00 am