Re: [exim] localhost problem

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Lähettäjä: Paul Mwiu
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Vastaanottaja: Mike Cardwell
Kopio: exim-users
Aihe: Re: [exim] localhost problem
Thanks Mike for the correction. Sure its A record not CNAME as i had put
it earlier on.


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Paul Mwiu
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On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 10:04 +0000, Mike Cardwell wrote:

> On 26/02/2010 08:36, Paul Mwiu wrote:
>
> > primary_hostname should be set to a FQDN unless your mailserver is an
> > internal server for office communication which can be set to a dummy
> > domain i.e.
> >
> > primary_hostname = mail.kerstin.com
> >
> > where kerstin.com is a valid domain name, and mail.kerstin.com is a
> > CNAME that exists within kerstin.com for mails.
>
> When you said "CNAME" there it set off alarm bells. An MX record is not
> allowed to point at a CNAME.
>
> mike@haven:~$ host -t mx kerstin.com
> kerstin.com             MX      0 mail.kerstin.com
> mike@haven:~$

>
> However... Looking at "mail.kerstin.com", it appears to be an A record,
> not a CNAME, which is fine...
>
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