Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ4: Using an IP address in an MX Record

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm trying to configure the "Mail Server Name" under:
> Control Panel -> DNS -> Parameters -> mydomain.co.uk -> Modify Mail Server (MX)
> Record
> to use an IP address of a computer on a different network (a Lotus Notes server
> to be precise), but it will only accept a fully qualified domain name.
> 
> Is there any way around this? - There is nothing in the knowledgebase that would
> suggest so.

But there are dozens of answers to this in the mailing list archives if
you search for the exact subject you used :)

Short answer, you can't do it ;)

Longer answer, if you have control over 'mydomain.co.uk' then you can
fairly easily give that machine a domain name, eg
mailserver.mydomain.co.uk and point to that...

If it's on an internal LAN, you can stilldo it this way, eh
localmailserver.mydomain.co.uk, as long as it's reachable and can look up
it's own name it will be perfectly happy...

How can you run a notes server with no name anyhow?

Please do make sure it's configured properly before putting it on the net,
i have listed half a dozen broken notes servers as open relays this month
alone (for spamming me ;)-/

gsh