Search Again: Re: Help! Forwarding mail to an external mail server From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, June 5, 2000 Time: 11:50:06 pm At 4:15 PM +1000 6/6/00, Tim Robinson wrote: >Hi there, > >I have set up the domain for our client on our DNS Server. I have >set up the following records: >ns1.domain.com.au >ns2.domain.com.au >www.domain.com.au > >I had originally set up the mail as: >mail.domain.com.au with the IP Address pointing to their ISP's mail >server IP Address. But I don't think this is right. Anyway, their >ISP says the mail should point to their hostname as well. > >How do I do this??!?! > >When I type in the ISP host name: >mail.ispdomain.com.au > >it then makes the record: >mail.ispdomain.com.au.domain.com.au > >What is the right way to do it? Any and all help greatly appreciated. For explanation of this behavior, see the last couple of posts in the IN CNAME thread. To enter mail.ispdomain.com.au without having the customer's domain appended, put a dot on the end. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: Help! Forwarding mail to an external mail server by Tim Robinson on Jun 5, 2000 at 11:16:02 pm Re: Help! Forwarding mail to an external mail server by Men & Mice Support on Jun 5, 2000 at 11:50:06 pm