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Title: how to set dns
Post by: Jean-Francois Zahnen on December 12, 2000, 09:19:23 AM

I have E-smith 4.0.1 installed
I own my domain  "domain.com".
I have a cable dedicated connection with static IP address
I want to host my mail server.  I know this is not a problem for smtp, but could someone help me with incoming mail.
I have to set an MX record for my mail server but do I have to do it at my ISP dns or mine. and is it the only thing I have to do ?
Thank you in advance for your help

Jean-Francois

Title: RE: how to set dns
Post by: Dan Brown on December 12, 2000, 05:34:48 PM

Are you hosting everything on "domain.com" (web, ftp, etc.) on your e-smith box?  If so, you don't need to do anything.  However, if a website for domain.com is hosted somewhere else (like on your ISP's servers), you'll need to update the DNS record with whoever hosts your DNS.  Also, if your e-smith box is set up with a different domain, you'll need to add domain.com as a virtual domain to make it accept mail for domain.com.