Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Email Problems

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

enrique wrote:

> I
> have an RaQ3 set up with it having its own primary DNS name server. The
> thing that has totally confused me when setting things up using the Cobalt
> manual is that nowhere in it is the discussion of actually setting up the
> host name for the name server. Everything points to using www host name for
> the MX records.
> 
> My question is, how do you name or rename the the mail server using the GUI
> of the RaQ3? Maybe if I could figure this out, I can solve some of my
> problems.

You don't.  The name server doesn't care how it's called.  You can call
it George, Bill, anything but Sue <grin>.  Actually, you can even call
it Sue. (My apology to Johnny Cash.)

It doesn't care.

You name the name server with your domain registrar.  You don't need to
name it anywhere on your own system.

You do need to have some site on the RaQ3 answering the IP# you gave the
registrar, though (and if course it needs to be an IP# that's routed to
you).

I consider DNS the most important service any provider runs; it's where
the bottleneck occurs.  Nothing else will run if your DNS isn't right.

That's why I offer reasonably priced DNS services and DNS consulting.

Jeff
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