[BlueOnyx:13928] Re: Web Alias Redirects

[Tom]

Chuck Tetlow <chuck at ...> writes:



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> Put in the domain name as a alias Tom.

> I always do that.  When I set up a new domain, I always put in the domain 
name as a alias for the webserver (assuming the site is www for name + the 
domain name).  I also put in ftp.domain and mail.domain in the list of 
webserver aliases.  

> Then in the e-mail aliases - I put in the domain name, mail.domain, 
smtp.domain, and pop.domain.  

> That way - all bases are covered.  Should never have a problem with the 
server serving up the wrong site/pages.

> Chuck

>

Chuck, 

I have the domain name as an alias, but not the www portion of it. I don't 
quite understand why I would put the ftp.domain and mail.domain names in 
the alias to point to the website? And the same with email aliases. So I'm 
confused:)

Tom