Checking Configuration of the Primary Mail Host

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After installing IMail Server, you have a single mail host configured - this is the primary mail host. Check the following items in the mail host configuration:

• This primary mail host must have the same name as the host on which you installed IMail Server. This is the official host name that you see when you expand the "localhost" folder in the left panel.

  If you do not want to use the official host name of your server as the name of the primary mail host, you can create an alias for the primary mail host. See "Setting Up an Alias for a Mail Host" for information.

• The domain name for the local network must be set in your Windows NT/2000 configuration.

  To check the domain name for your local network (in Windows), double-click the Network icon in the Control Panel, select the Protocols tab, then select TCP/IP Protocol in the list, and click the Properties button. The "Microsoft TCP/IP Properties" dialog box appears. Click the DNS tab to view the domain information.

  To check the DNS information (on Windows 2000), double click the System icon in the Control Panel, select the Network Identification tab, then click Properties. The Identification Changes dialog box appears which displays the domain information.

• The DNS server for the local network must appear on the IMail Administrator SMTP tab. To check the DNS server setting, click the SMTP tab. In the Domain Name Server address box, you should see the IP address of your DNS server. This box can have multiple addresses, separated by a space.

Note: You can see your own DNS records (and those of any host) with the Lookup utility in Ipswitch's WS_Ping ProPack, a network information tool. An evaluation version of WS_Ping ProPack is included on the IMail CD, it is also available for download on the Ipswitch website: www.ipswitch.com.

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