Re: [aclug-L] Networks and mail servers

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok a few things I noticed

> # 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

is cad2 192.168.168.5? cause your using 192.168.168.5 and your local host
as name servers. 

The search just means that if you just list a host without a Fully
Qualified Domain name, it will try these domains 

ie with your setup.

if you 
        ping myhost     
it will first try to ping myhost.cad2.guernseyaviation.com then if that
doesn't work it will try myhost.guernseyaviation.com. 

I'm not sure how this works with /etc/hosts and such

-- 
Clint Brubakken
Computer Science Services Group, LLC
Wichita, KS
cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Ryan Claycamp wrote:

> 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
> >>
>