Re: [cobalt-developers] DNS Question

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Elliot McCardle wrote:
> 
> I have a cobalt raq4i machine. It is running DNS. I have about 5
> sites hosted on it. I am wanting to have it act as a dns server
> for a site that I am actually wanting to host on a windows2k
> machine. The windows2k machine will obviously have a different
> ip address. I am still wanting the cobalt machine to handle 
> mail. Is this possible? 

Yes, but you will need to have a separate hostname (e.g.,
mail.domain.com) on the Cobalt to handle the mail. Then, on the RaQ,
make the following DNS records:

1. Set up an A record for mail.domain.com pointing to the IP (for
mail.domain.com) on the Cobalt
2. Set up an MX record for domain.com pointing to mail.domain.com
3. Set up an A record for domain.com pointing to the IP of the Win2K
server
4. Set up an A record for www.domain.com pointing to the IP of the Win2K
server

-- 
Bruce Timberlake
Technology Engineer
Sun Cobalt Server Appliances
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

E: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx
U: http://www.sun.com/cobalt/