[Techtalk] kindergarten mail server question

[Carla Schroder]

On Thursday 21 February 2002 09:41 am, Kai MacTane wrote:
> At 2/21/02 08:47 AM , Carla Schroder wrote:
> >Example: trusty Postfix server is all set up and configured at
> >carlas.domain.com, ready to start work moving mail over the Internet. Well
> >somewhere out there are DNS and MX thingies that have to be configured,
> >right? Assume I can log into wherever to do all this. (in this case, my
> >domain name registrar provides user DNS management.)
>
> Just to deal with the worst-case first, I'll assume that you're going to be
> subdividing carlas.domain.com into various hosts on different IPs, such as:
>
>      www.carlas.domain.com   10.1.2.3
>     mail.carlas.domain.com   10.1.2.4
>    other.carlas.domain.com   10.1.2.5
>
> Since Web is a pretty standard service, your registrar-provided DNS should
> already have an entry in the carlas.domain.com domain, saying:
>
>     www   10.1.2.3
>
> You'll want to add one entry for each other host, such as:
>
>     mail   10.1.2.4
>    other   10.1.2.5
>
> Then -- and here's the part you're probably really wondering about --
> you'll also want to add at least one MX record. Preferably at least two.
> Suppose your friend has agreed to do secondary MXing for you at
> carlas.friend.com. Your MX entries should look like this:
>
>     MX  10   mail.carlas.domain.com
>     MX  20   carlas.friend.com
>

>
>             
                                     --Kai MacTane

Looks pretty good, I shall report back after trying it. Thanks much!
Carla

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