mm-handler setup, new domain
I am trying to set up Mailman at boost-consulting.com, which uses Sendmail.
The README states:
mm-handler is only really useful when it mostly "owns" its mail domain
So I am inclined to simply point a DNS record for lists.boost-consulting.com at the same IP address and go from there. Is there any reason that shouldn't work out peachily, and are there any pitfalls I need to watch out for?
Thanks in advance,
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com
At 6:10 PM -0500 11/29/06, David Abrahams wrote:
So I am inclined to simply point a DNS record for lists.boost-consulting.com at the same IP address and go from there. Is there any reason that shouldn't work out peachily, and are there any pitfalls I need to watch out for?
Just make sure you don't try to use a CNAME alias instead of a real IP address. The RFCs require that all CNAME aliases get their hostname replaced with the actual canonical name that is referenced, and this will hose your Mailman configuration. Directly resolve to real IP addresses and avoid any CNAME aliases, and you should be fine.
-- Brad Knowles, <brad@shub-internet.org>
Trend Micro has announced that they will cancel the stop.mail-abuse.org mail forwarding service as of 15 November 2006. If you have an old e-mail account for me at this domain, please make sure you correct that with the current address.
Brad Knowles <brad@shub-internet.org> writes:
At 6:10 PM -0500 11/29/06, David Abrahams wrote:
So I am inclined to simply point a DNS record for lists.boost-consulting.com at the same IP address and go from there. Is there any reason that shouldn't work out peachily, and are there any pitfalls I need to watch out for?
Just make sure you don't try to use a CNAME alias instead of a real IP address. The RFCs require that all CNAME aliases get their hostname replaced with the actual canonical name that is referenced, and this will hose your Mailman configuration. Directly resolve to real IP addresses and avoid any CNAME aliases, and you should be fine.
Pardon my ignorance, but is this a DNS setting you're referring to, or is it something to do with configuration on the mailserver?
Thanks again,
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com
At 1:06 AM -0500 11/30/06, David Abrahams wrote:
Just make sure you don't try to use a CNAME alias instead of a real IP address. The RFCs require that all CNAME aliases get their hostname replaced with the actual canonical name that is referenced, and this will hose your Mailman configuration. Directly resolve to real IP addresses and avoid any CNAME aliases, and you should be fine.
Pardon my ignorance, but is this a DNS setting you're referring to, or is it something to do with configuration on the mailserver?
CNAME aliases are DNS records, yes.
-- Brad Knowles, <brad@shub-internet.org>
Trend Micro has announced that they will cancel the stop.mail-abuse.org mail forwarding service as of 15 November 2006. If you have an old e-mail account for me at this domain, please make sure you correct that with the current address.
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