Ok, the A record relates the domain name to IP address; ie not the url. 1. So does the DNS server (BIND installed on a server) direct the incoming traffic from the IP to the correct destination (possibly the URL IPaddress:socket/squirrelmail/src/login.php)? 2. Is it incorrect to install BIND on the mailserver itself? 3. What makes a domain name fully qualified (fqdn)? What I am trying to do is set up a mail server. I want to type the domain name in and have it directed to the mail server. I thought that when I registered my domain name that I could just direct it to my url through their control panel, but if I am understanding you correctly I first need to direct it to my IP address and then the BIND program will send it the correct URL-- am I completely off base? Thanks Alan in Toronto-2 wrote: > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 10:36 pm, metamorph wrote: >> >> I registered the domain name. Then, I went to change the DNS settings. >> Is it correct to change the A record source to the domain name and then >> the >> destination to the IP address of my mail server? If so, why will it not >> let >> me put the IPaddress:socket/squirrelmail/src/login.php for the >> destination >> with or without a . on the end. >> >> Maybe someone can straighten me out on some basics such as fqdn and >> records >> (A vs MX). > > See Jon's messages. > > I'm not sure what you're doing. I'm not sure if you're actually installing > BIND on > your server, or if your questions are more basic than that. You haven't > been clear > on what you're doing. > > An A record must point to an IP address. > IPaddress:socket/squirrelmail/src/login.php > is not an IP address, it is a URL. > > An Mx record must point to a domain name. That domain name does not have > to match > that of the zone. If you want the mail server to differ from the web > server, the Mx > record could point to a different domain, or even to a sub-domain of the > zone and > that sub-domain could have its own A record that points to a different IP. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > ----- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines > List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user > List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/DNS-Config--tp17199947p17214608.html Sent from the squirrelmail-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
