Sendmail question

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 09:17 6/3/2004, Mark Haney wrote:
>Yeah I suppose that would help huh?  Actually I have a FC2 mail server
>that I want to use as the mail server for two domains,  mail.xxx.org and
>mail.xxx.net  Does that make a little better sense?

Yes, lots! <grin>

It's remarkably easy. Just remember that Sendmail is not the only piece 
involved when you're troubleshooting.

         1. First make sure that forward and reverse DNS works properly for 
both FQDN's and that they both resolve to your server. They can be on the 
same or different IP addresses, it does not matter.

         2. Make sure that DNS is set up with A records, and ***NOT*** with 
CNAME records. The MX records necessary to direct mail to your server 
***WILL NOT*** work with CNAMEs.

         3. Make sure that each domain has an MX record pointing to your 
server.

         4. Add both domain names to /etc/mail/local-host-names (one domain 
per line).

         5. Restart sendmail.

Done! (Hopefully I didn't forget any steps.)

You may also want to look at the virtusertable in order to more easily 
assign email addresses, aliases, and other neat functionality for both 
domains. It's just as easy to work with.

Cheers,


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz at simpaticus.com
http://www.simpaticus.com