Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Terrible mail failure problem

[baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Bruce Timberlake wrote:

>
> For long-term scalability/flexibility, I personally add an Email Server
> Alias of mail.domain.com, and have the domain's MX record point to
> mail.domain.com (also need an A record for mail.domain.com pointing to
> same IP as www.domain.com). Then, if I ever need to move my mail server,
> all I have to do is change the A record for mail.domain.com to point to
> a new server...

BTW, have you overcome the behavior of the GUI to tell the user in is
welcome page that his mail is at at joe_user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?

If you haven't then his welcome message would be wrong, since you're
using mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thom
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