Search Again: Re: DNS and Webstar 4.3 question From: Al Woodson Date: Monday, January 15, 2001 Time: 1:15:29 pm Thats good to know. I was afraid that a MX record and another record (website) pointing to the same ip would cause some domain resolution problems. Thanks for your help. Al >Strictly speaking, your name server doesn't really care what all services are >running at any given IP address. DNS doesn't know anything about what >services >are running on a host -- it only helps you find the host from its domain >name. >What you need to do with the name server (i.e., QDNS) is to make sure that it >has proper MX records for each of your virtual domains, pointing to whatever >mail server will handle mail for that particular domain. IOW, for each >domain, >you need a record like: > > your.virtual.domain. MX 10 mail.your.main.domain. > >where 'mail.your.main.domain.' is the host name that you've given to your >mail >server (both in your DNS and in the mail server's config). There should be an >A record for mail.your.main.domain. You must also, of course, set up the mail >server so that it knows it's supposed to handle mail for your.virtual.domain.

Messages In This Thread: DNS and Webstar 4.3 question by Al Woodson on Jan 15, 2001 at 7:49:42 am Re: DNS and Webstar 4.3 question by Global Homes Webmaster on Jan 15, 2001 at 12:21:53 pm Re: DNS and Webstar 4.3 question by Al Woodson on Jan 15, 2001 at 1:15:29 pm