RE: [cobalt-users] Hosting dns and pop3 at a cobalt and website at an other server

["Robert Fitzpatrick" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I was wondering. A client asked me wheter it is possible to 
> host a website on a server say server a. And host the dns and 
> pop3 accounts at his cobalt.
> 

DNS (first server, if Cobalt RaQ3/4):
If his domain is abc.com, setup his DNS with an 'A' record for the
abc.com and www.abc.com pointing to the IP address of the server where
the web site is hosted. Then add another 'A' record for mail.abc.com
pointing to the IP address of the local server that is hosting his mail
as well as the DNS you are using. Setup two 'MX' records in DNS - one
pointing host 'www' to 'mail.abc.com' and the second to just
'mail.abc.com' leaving the host blank.

POP3 (first server, if Cobalt RaQ4-similar for RaQ3):
Add Virtual Site with 'www' as the host and abc.com as the domain name
using the same IP as you put in DNS for the 'A' record of mail.abc.com.
Add 'abc.com' as an email server alias. No web server alias or other
options except preferred quota and number of users.

WEB SITE (second server, if Cobalt RaQ4-similar for RaQ3):
Add Virtual Site with 'www' as the host and abc.com as the domain name
using the same IP as you put in DNS for the 'A' record of www.abc.com.
Add 'abc.com' to web server aliases and select any other options you
want. No email server alias.

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Robert