Thread: why the silence
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Old 09-09-2008, 11:24 AM
mmorse mmorse is offline
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It looks like you're using an IP as the servername and you're getting confused in tracking things down.

Plus you're changing hostnames after install - which is not something you should do without ZmSetServerName - Zimbra :: Wiki

I'm showing you as:
Server Name 213.185.30.83.nkomail.se
IP 213.185.30.83
MX Priority 1
RDNS Entry hd5b91e53.k21735.sta.perspektivbredband.net.

Quote:
"I set the hostname/computername manually before the install to "nkomail.se"
So you set your hostname = your domainname, let's outline this simpler:

Create an A record for mail.nkomail.se > 213.185.30.83
Create a MX record for nkomail.se > mail.nkomail.se
(Thus email addresses would be user@nkomail.se)

/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
x.x.x.x mail.nkomail.se mail

Make sure your MX records are right here: Quick Check - Pingability.com

So from your box a "dig mx nkomail.se" should return 'mail.nkomail.se'

During install if you get prompted that you don't have an MX record for 'mail.nokomail.se.com' you can switch the domain to 'nokomail.se' (you can certainly create a MX for mail.nkomail.se if you want to have say root@mail.nkomail.se as a usable address) OR just ignore and continue on as you can add more domains & correct MX later.

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Originally Posted by brian View Post
The default behavior is to use FQDN for the mail domain. It attempts to verify an MX record pointing at the IP for which that FQDN resolves, if it doesn't find an MX it prompts to change the domain name. Even if it finds an MX record you can change the default domain name that gets provisioned under

Option 2) zimbra-ldap

Ldap configuration

1) Status: Enabled
2) Create Domain: yes
3) Domain to create: kaos.corp.yahoo.com

You could debate the merits of FQDN vs domain.tld forever, we chose to use FQDN, verify the MX and let you change it to fit your needs.

Last edited by mmorse; 09-09-2008 at 11:31 AM..
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