Date:  Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:11:37 -1000
From:  MuntadaNet Webmaster <webmaster (at mark) muntada.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:07401] Re: Disabling E-Mail by Virtual Domain
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <7.0.1.0.2.20061003130926.04a64390 (at mark) muntada.com>
In-Reply-To:  <009801c6e712$ed68e520$0301a8c0@Jerrycp>
References:  <7.0.1.0.2.20061003070823.047a21a0 (at mark) muntada.com> <009801c6e712$ed68e520$0301a8c0 (at mark) Jerrycp>
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Yes, you are correct.  However, if you are the SOA for the domain, 
wouldn't you be providing the MX record to the mail server to which 
mail will be directing too?


For example:
www.something.com
MX for domain of something.com handled by mail.someEmailCompany.com

At any rate, isn't the new disable e-mail for this domain feature 
meant to handle this exact issue?

At 07:39 AM 10/3/2006, you wrote:
> >
> > I think I understand what he is saying.  In the past, I have handled
> > this by keeping the GUI for the mail server blank.  Then, I double
> > check that there is no entry in the local-host-names file under
> > /etc/mail.  Then, I make sure that the MX record in the DNS points to
> > the appropriate location.
> >
> > Someone please correct me if this is not the right way to do this.
>
>Generally, you do not control the DNS for a foreign mailserver, so
>setting an MX record for that domain will not do anything...
>Conversly the foreign mailserver must accept mail from the server.
>You can check the foreign mailserver nameservers using 'dig'
>
>All you should have to do is enter the foreign mailserver
>host.domain.tld in the GUI.
>
>Gerald

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