Re: [cobalt-users] Mail Relaying Issue and Raq4

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gerald Waugh wrote:

> I have setup many dns zone files on RaQs (not dns gui) and other
> servers. I have *never* used a 'mail' host name.
> We do use 'smpt' and 'pop' host names, but again they just point to the
> ip address. Typical zone file looks like this.

...<example snipped>...

Fwiw, Gerald and others, we don't set up smtp because frankly we don't
want our webhosting clients to use our server for their outgoing email;
we'd rather they use their ISPs mailserver.

And we do add "mail.domain.tld"; we simply found that a lot of customers
coming to us from another webhost would have mail.domain.tld set up in
their email clients; so adding it to our servers avoids a customer
service call.

Another thing we do (you probably know how to do this Gerald, but I bet
a lot of us don't) is use one physical zone-file for each IP, even for
hundreds of domains.

You can do it if you run your own DNS (not using the gui), using
symbolic links or even more easily, directly from the /etc/named.conf
file.

Jeff
-- 
Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Linux and Cobalt/Sun/RaQ Consulting
nobaloney.net, P. O. Box 52672, Riverside, CA  92517
voice: +1 909 778-9980  *  fax: +1 909 548-9484