Search Again: Re: SMTP and POP cname records?? From: Len Conrad Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 Time: 1:11:26 am >Len, why do you say "mail" means nothing? Mail is more likely to be >understood by the end user than mx1...just my thoughts and experience. the end user doesn't send to MX hostname, mail servers do. > If >you have more than one server, "mail1" and "mail2". If the users will never >use the "mail.domain.com" anyway, then it would make more sense to a DNS >junkie to us "mx1" mx1 is just for you, me, and MTA's, not for the users. > but I think if your users are going to use >mail.domain.com to reference an online email access or something...it would >be simpler to use "mail". on-line mail: webmail.domain.com outgoing SMTP: SMTP.domain.com, or outgoing.domain.com Len ___________________________________________________________________ Men & Mice: QuickDNS - DNS Expert - DNS Training - DNS Consulting DNS Classes: Maidenhead, 01/21-23/02, Frankfurt 02/13-14/02 http://www.menandmice.com/8000/8100_course_schedule.html

Messages In This Thread: SMTP and POP cname records?? by John Readwin on Jan 22, 2002 at 3:28:52 pm Re: SMTP and POP cname records?? by Len Conrad on Jan 22, 2002 at 3:44:30 pm Re: SMTP and POP cname records?? by Philip Butler on Jan 22, 2002 at 6:37:55 pm Re: SMTP and POP cname records?? by Len Conrad on Jan 23, 2002 at 1:11:26 am