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["Stefan Hornburg (Racke)" <address@concealed>]

On 2/3/20 11:16 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
> The Sympa docs describe the value for the entry key of "domain" in
> file sympa.conf to be, quote:
> 
> The “primary” mail domain name of the *mailing list service* [emphasis
> added]. If your Sympa provides multiple domains and at anytime domain
> is not specified, this domain will be used. If your Sympa provides
> service for single domain, it is primary domain.
> 
> End quote.
> 
> In that definition does "mailing list service" mean the the host
> domain running Sympa, or the default domain for mailing lists if none
> is entered?
> 
> I plan to have multiple lists of the form "address@concealed",
> "address@concealed", etc., all valid domains that I own. I''m
> hosting Sympa on my with Linux server with hostname
> "mail.mydomain.net". So my question is:  what MX record do I use for
> the other domains?
> 
> From my limited experience with GNU Mailman I expect all lists at any
> domains should have the same MX record: the name of the domain with
> the actual mail server. In my case it would be something like:
> 
> @.    MX    IN    10 mail.mydomain.net.
> 
> But in reading further it looks like I need a different MX record for
> each domain:
> 
> @.    MX    IN    10 mail.example1.org.
> 
> @.    MX    IN    10mail.example3.com.
> 

Each separate domain needs a MX record. But the record itself can be the
same (sending server resolves the domain to an IP anyway):

@.    MX    IN    10 mail.mydomain.net.

I recommend to use robots for your domains, if the domain name signifies 
different entities.

Regards
          Racke

> Thanks for proper guidance.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> -Tom
> 


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