Will do. Great idea.

Andrew P. Kaplan, CNE, MCSE+Internet, MCT, CCNA, CCDA CyberShore, Inc. -- Premium Internet Services -- http://www.cshore.com

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> -----Original Message----- > From: IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com > [mailto:IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com]On Behalf Of Len Conrad > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 2:00 AM > To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Just doublechecking new Imail setup > > > > >Setup Imail on a new box with an official hostname of "cshore.com". > > and a mail host alias of mail.cshore.com, can't hurt > > >The actual hostname is "mail.cshore.com" in DNS. > > Two different names and functions. Call it the DNS hostname whatever > you want in whatever domain you want. > > >In appears that users have a reply address of "username@cshore.com" > >BUT can log in with "username" only. > >I'm not running IIS on the box so I have changed the port for webmail to > >"80". So users can check their mail http://mail.cshore.com and > just type in > >their username, without the "@domain.com" > > why not call it something more articulate: > > @ MX mx2000.cshore.com. ; mail servers send mail here > ; for the 2000 users. > mail MX mx2000.cshore.com. ; ditto > ; > pop A ip.ad.re.ss ; 2000 users read mail here > smtp A ip.ad.re.ss ; 2000 users send mail here > webmail A ip.ad.re.xx ; 2000 users do webmail here > > >I will only run a single domain on this box. > > That's the only way you can drop the fully qualified login, without > @domain.com. All virtuals need the fully qualified account name. > > >I'm just double checking so the > >move goes without any problems. Does anyone see any potential problems ? > > no. Before the switch, reduce your TTL on that zone from 1d to 1h, > let a day pass to less cached records expire, do the switch, raise > the TTL to 1d. > > Len > > > > > > > >