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 -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com
