Re: [aclug-L] Networks and mail servers

[Ryan Claycamp <claycamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have DNS setup on the server and have spent most of today trying
to get it working.  The server is for a stand alone network and at the
moment, won't be connect to the Internet.  I'm not sure where to start
asking questions, but I can't get the machine to be a name server.  It
does see localhost as a nameserver, but I can't get into our network. 
The resolv.conf file is:

# Our domain
domain          guernseyaviation.com
#
# Our nameserver is cad2
nameserver 192.168.168.5
nameserver 127.0.0.1
search cad2.guernseyaviation.com guernseyaviation.com 

When I run nslookup, I get this error:

cad2:/etc# nslookup
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.168.5: Server failed
Default Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

I can provide more files if needed.

Thanks,
Ryan
>
>For this, you need to add a record to your DNS such as:
>
>mail.companyname.com.          IN      CNAME   server.company.com.
>
>If you don't run the DNS yourself, contact your ISP to have them add
>such a name to your DNS records.
>
>-- John
>
>Ryan Claycamp <ryanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Like Troy, I too am working on the server at my company.  I convinced them
>> to run Linux and I have started building a Debian 2.1 system with Samba.  We
>> want to use M$ Outlook on the Windows NT workstations as an Intranet mail
>> system.  The network domain is COMPANYNAME.com and the server is
>> SERVER.COMPANYNAME.com.  I actually have mail working, using smail and
>> ipop3d, and can get Outlook to see my mail on the Linux box using SERVER as
>> the mail server.  This is great, but I am wondering how I would configure it
>> so Outlook gets the mail from mail.COMPANYNAME.com?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Ryan
>>