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Old November 6th, 2003, 05:56 AM
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dns email server

hi,

iam running sendmail on my linux comp and i want to have a @name.com for my emails from my server. first i would like to know if this is a dns thing, that controls the hostname.

and if it is, could u recommend a program to run is?

thank for your help.

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Old November 10th, 2003, 03:53 AM
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try
$ man named

if not there, install a pre-packaged jobbie of Bind. or if your confortable download the gzip'd tarball and build it.
http://www.isc.org/ISC/MIRRORS.html

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Old November 10th, 2003, 08:38 AM
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As for DNS, you should have at least 2 records.

1) An MX record to show that @name.com is a mail domain

name.com. MX mail.name.com.

2) An A record to specify the IP address for your mail server pointed to above

mail.name.com. A 127.0.0.1
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