Re: [cobalt-users] Email nightmare

[Carrie Bartkowiak <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:35:29 -0500, Paul Wilson mumbled something 
like:
>server1.mysite.com is the admin ID for my server which has it's own
>IP.  I did not establish a web site there as I assumed it was for
>admin only.  I have no idea why the leasing company assigned a name
>like this since all access is via IP.

If the leasing company gave the server the name "mysite.com", it's 
because in the order you did not specify a domain name for the 
server.
If the program is trying to send mail to "mysite.com", and you don't 
own the domain name "mysite.com" and have it pointed to your server 
(according to the domain records - name servers), then the mail is 
going to go to the domain's owner, or it's going to bounce. Since 
"mysite.com" is used so much as a default in cgi/php/etc. scripts, 
I'd dare say that the true owner of the domain took it offline long 
ago or at least turned off email reception for it.

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CarrieB
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