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Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:38:45PM +0100, john doe wrote:
> On 2/21/2020 12:09 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
> > I am preparing servers to use with OpenSMTPD and Sympa to provide mail and
> > mailing list service.
> >
> > I need to settle on names to define as the "mailname" for each the two
> > servers I will designate for the DNS MX records for all my mail-enabled
> > domains. The mailnames should be "fully qualified domain names" (FQDNs) so
> > they will have names like:
> >
> > + mail.example.com
> > + smtp.example.com
> > + mx.example.com
> >
> > Does anyone have strong reasons to use one over another, or any other
> > choice?
> >
> 
> I might be missing something here but the domain name is what you
> buy/what you get.
> 
> If your planning to use split DNS, 'internal' and 'external' could be
> one option.
> 
> For the lists, 'lists.example.com' might not be a bad idea.
> 
> You can also use cname record to point to the same thing.
> 
> --
> John Doe
>


Don't do THAT!

RFC2181 section 10.3 says you can't point your MX record to a CNAME

-H


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Henning Follmann           | hfollmann@itcfollmann.com

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Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 12:20 +0100
  Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-02-21 12:40 +0100
    Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 13:10 +0100
      Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-02-21 13:30 +0100
        Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 13:50 +0100
          Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-02-21 14:50 +0100
    Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2020-02-21 15:40 +0100
      Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 15:50 +0100
        Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2020-02-21 18:10 +0100
          Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 23:40 +0100
  Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2020-02-21 13:10 +0100
    Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 13:20 +0100
      Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2020-02-21 13:50 +0100
  Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2020-02-21 13:20 +0100
    Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 13:30 +0100
  Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-02-21 16:40 +0100
    Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 18:30 +0100
      Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-02-21 19:10 +0100
        Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 19:50 +0100
          Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 20:30 +0100
          Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-02-21 20:30 +0100
  Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 23:50 +0100

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