[NTLUG:Discuss] mail server question

[Bug Hunter]

  I think that you need a .com or .net at the end.  I am not positive
about that, since things like .cx resolve out in the real world. Having a
bogus domain name is not a problem. Having a real
domain name is not a problem, as long as your named thinks it is the
authoritive server for that domain.  You simply won't be able to access
that domain in the real world, effectively cutting it off for your
machines (but only your machines).  asking for machines in that domain
will cause your dns server to answer with whatever is in the file you
provided. :)

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Bobby Wrenn wrote:

> The internal domain is nes.home (bogus on purpose). Will the bogus
> domain cause problems? How does having .home instead of .com effect the
> settings below?
> 
> Thanks
> Bobby
> 
> Bug Hunter wrote:
> > 
> >    you need to set up the standard named. make a private address (you can
> > use 192.168.10.x) and make mail.nest.com be your mail sever machine per
> > your named settings.  if you can ping mail.nest.com from another machine
> > on the network, then you have it set up right.  This assumes you put your
> > /etc/resolv.conf file to point to your machine for its dns.
> > 
> >  assuming mail.nest.com is 192.168.10.10, and it is running your dns
> > server, then
> > 
> > resolv.conf has:
> > 
> > search nest.com
> > nameserver 192.168.10.10
> > 
> >   if you are running redhat:
> > 
> > /etc/sendmail.cw has:
> > 
> > nest.com
> > mail.nest.com
> > 
> > On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> > 
> -- 
> This tagline is identical to the one you are reading.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> http://ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>