Re: [cobalt-users] Qube3: resolve mail server to mail.*.com?

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Christopher Kirk wrote:

> I'm on a DSL line, and I currently have my ISP running DNS to resolve my
> domain, striplin.com, to my IP. My Qube3 is currently sending and receiving
> email just fine, with email clients set to the internal 192.168.* address.
> However, I have a few laptop users who connect via dialup or DSL from other
> locations, so I need to have mail.striplin.com resolve properly from both
> inside and outside my network. I assume the best way to do this is to run
> DNS on the Qube?
>
> I've got the DNS service currently off, because even the appendix in the
> manual just doesn't make things very clear. Can anyone offer any advice how
> to set this up securely and properly?
>
mail.striplin.com must resolve outside your network, else how are your
users receiving mail.
;; ANSWER SECTION:
striplin.com.           8H IN MX        30 bubbleator.drizzle.com.
striplin.com.           8H IN MX        10 mail.striplin.com.
striplin.com.           8H IN MX        20 cascadia.drizzle.com.

resolves fine from here

You probably need to turn on pop-b4-smtp

Gerald
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