Auteur: Anand Buddhdev Date: À: Jim Pazarena CC: exim-users Sujet: Re: [Exim] usage of mail. & smtp.
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 09:34:41AM -0700, Jim Pazarena wrote:
> I have a machine with a real name & IP to which I also
> alias mail.machine.name (and IP)
> and smtp.machine.name (and IP).
>
> All my users reference mail.machine.name for BOTH smtp & pop3 services.
> Is there any 'requirement' to have an 'smtp.machine.name' when my DNS
> points only to 'mail.machine.name' ?
No requirement. It's up to you. Normally I find it best to setup a mail.
and a pop. alias for the mail server, because many clients are
preconfigured to send out via "mail" and get via "pop" (Eudora, Pegasus
mail).
> Can I safely remove my name & IP for smtp.machine.name ?
