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
