Stephen

There is nothing you really need to know mx.

The current mx record for charitychannel.com points to
inbound.CHARITYCHANNEL.COM.criticalpath.net which then forwards the mail to
you.

What they will do is change that to point to charitychannel.com.

I tested your listserv machine by sending it a thanks command directly to
[log in to unmask] and it responded.

Things you might want to find out.

*services that the inbound.CHARITYCHANNEL.COM.criticalpath.net provides that
you will loose e.g. spam filters / fault tolerance / mail format conversion.
You may also want to look in to some sort of store and forward service as
backup for your listserv SMTP. This would require that provider to add a
secondary mx to your store and forward provider.

hope this helps

Regards,
John Morrison

-----Original Message-----
From: LISTSERV give-and-take forum
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Stephen C. Nill
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 3:47 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [LSTSRV-L] MX Record Question
Importance: High


Dear Colleagues,

We are running LISTSERV Classic 1.8d and LSMTP 1.1b on an NT 4.0 Server
platform.

For several years, I have used a company called Namesecure
(www.namesecure.com) for email forwarding to LISTSERV, in the following
manner:  When someone sends an email to, say, [log in to unmask], it
is automatically forwarded to an address that I designate.  Since we have a
list called GRANTS, right now it forwards the email to
GRANTS@[216.161.15.105].  216.161.15.105 is the IP address of the LISTSERV
and LSMTP servers.  Listserv then handles it as usual.  Another example is
[log in to unmask] is forwarded to
LISTSERV@[216.161.15.105].  Note:  I do not have a DNS service set up for
our NT machine; I have never done that and would have to read up on it (if
necessary).

Now, however, Namesecure informs me that it is going to discontinue its
email forwarding services.  Namesecure has offered to set up an MX record
that would point to 216.161.15.105, the IP address of the LISTSERV and
LSMTP servers.

I'm not familiar with MX record setup but I like the sound of this
change.  I can really use any advice and pointers in setting this up,
including steps to be taken and pitfalls to watch out for.  Also, is there
an alternative I'm not seeing?  Thanks in advance for any help you can give
me.

Kindest regards,
Steve

S T E P H E N   C.  N I L L,  J.D.
Founder and CEO
CharityChannel.com

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CharityChannel LLC
Western Office:
30021 Tomas, Suite 300
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA  92688-2128
(949) 589-5938
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