Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ2 mx dns entries for virtual domains?

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, jmersereau wrote:

> I recently switched to using a RaQ2 for my email and web serving (from a Mac
> based system). My DNS is handled by my ISP (for the moment). When I set up
> the accounts under the virtual domain the mail was not getting through. As a
> test I set up an alias for the same username in my main site and the mail
> came in. I asked my ISP set the DNS entry for this domain as if it was by
> itself at this IP ( instead of setting it as an alias to my main site) They
> insist this won't work and goes against standard DNS practice.
> 

In theory they are correct, in practice you are ;)

The raq shouldn't need it, but it seems raq2's get unhappy if there's no
IP for the base domain, ask them to just add an A record for 
eastlineweb.com that is the same as for www.eastlineweb.com
You already have MX for eastlienweb.com -> www.eastlineweb.com and an A
record, so it should be happy after that (yes, it *will* work)

(The user alias fixed the email because it made sendmail rewrite
user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -> user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
and then sendmail discovered it could accept the email, it shouldn't need
this, but for some reason it seems to need it...(I think it's because the
access file lists by domain without the www part and sendmail needs to
bind to an IP address)

gsh