Re: qmail coexisting with the Lyris mailing list server

• To: John Buckman <jbuckman@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: qmail coexisting with the Lyris mailing list server
• From: Martijn Koster <mak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 17:22:39 +0100
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On Wed, Oct 01, 1997 at 09:12:31AM -0800, John Buckman wrote:
 
> I believe he'll need the A record there for the "list.aspensys.com",
> otherwise mail will never route its way from the Internet to his machine.  
> Just an MX record would probably work too. 

Yes, because (iff) you intend to exponse the name list.aspensys.com to
your users.

> Given a machine named "qmail.somewhere.com" and wanting mail addressed to
> "lyris.somewhere.com" to go to Lyris running on port 26, one first adds an 
> "A" record, as in:
> 
>   qmail  IN A 207.105.6.2  ; the original host name
>   lyris  IN A 207.105.6.2  ; the new "alias" host name
> 
> then, one runs the following command:
> 
>   echo lyris.somewhere.com:[127.0.0.1]:26 >>/var/qmail/control/smtproutes
> 
> Right?

That should work.

-- Martijn Koster, m.koster@xxxxxxxxx

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