Then I guess our mail server doesn't work properly. If I have the MX record
pointing to the mail server x.x.x.2 and the @ pointing to the WEB server
x.x.x.3, the mail server will try and forward the incoming mail to the web
server. I have seen it in the log say something to the effect of "looking
up domain.com: IP Address x.x.x.3". Can't establish connection.
Steve
>Uhh...
>
>MX records be damned, I guarantee your webserver aint gonna serve mail, nor
>your mailserver serve web pages. *puzzled*. If the webserver and
>mailserver are on the same machine, OF COURSE they're gonna resolve the
>same. They don't have to be on seperate IP addresses...
>
>Put a "@ IN A I.P.ADDY" entry to point at "domain.com" and put the MX
>records to whatever. You're making it a bit harder than it has to be. :)
>
>At 09:11 PM 4/2/98 -0700, Steve Coleman wrote:
>>What do you do if your mail and WWW server are on the same machine?
>>
>>If we put a @ entry pointing to our Web server, our mail server does it's
MX
>>lookups and resolves our mail server to the Web server, preventing the use
>>of e-mail.
>>
>>Is there any way to use the @ command to point to the WEB server and still
>>have e-mail sent to "domain.com" route to the mail server on a seperate
>>machine?
>>
>>
>>>Just add an "A" Record with no hostname.
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Howard A. Brooks <admin@iamnow.net>
>>>To: NTISP Emerald <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
>>>Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 6:27 PM
>>>Subject: http://domainname
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All:
>>>>
>>>>I once saw an answer on this, but lost it. If the URL has no www how
>>>>can my server insert it so the domain will still be found? I
>>>>currently have a www CNAME pointing to my web server. What I'm I
>>>>missing?
>>>>
>>>>Howard Brooks - President - IamNet, Inc. - http://www.iamnow.net
>>>>Your one stop Internet service, support and solutions shop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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