-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In >hi, In > In >what should i do to make mail sent to domainname.com be delivered at In >machine.domainname.com? Hello, You should read some documentation on the principals of DNS. All mail for a domain will be delivered to the host that is in the MX record of the domain. Sending mail to user@somecomputer.yourdomain.tld will not be directed to the computer "somecomputer", but to whatver host is in the MX record. To find the MX host, try one of the following commands: dig MX yourdomain.tld look for a line the looks like this: ;; ANSWER SECTION: yourdomain.tld. 7200 IN MX 0 mail.yourdomain.tld. the computer in the position on the right (in this example, mail.yourdomain.tld.) is the MX for your entire domain. If you don't have dig try nslookup nslookup -type=MX yourdomain.tld (I'll let you figure this one out) the only way around this problem is: 1. change your MX record to point to a different host 2. Create a sub-domain. If you don't run your own DNS server, the chances of getting a subdomain are very slim. Talk to your DNS host. Please note that for #1 to work, the host you are wishing to be the new mail host must have a FQDN on the internet (in other words, telling some particular computer that it's called foo.mydomain.com and then just setting the MX record to foo.mydomain.com will not work, because no other computer on the internet will be able to find foo.mydomain.com) HTH - -- - ---------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE99CW4Q5u80xXOLBcRArnoAJ0brhxc049Bx2cZP53qOSb1/QLG6wCeM15f pFFgyfYUyt5Juze17BDV7Zs= =zAPq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----