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I suppose I wasn't clear in my last post. I have a functional SMTP server
running
on my NT Pro machine, where I can set my hostname and internet domain
(which is registered through Ultranet) in the network/TCP-IP/DNS section.
There is no such option, as far as I can tell, in XP Pro to do the same.
I have also tried to edit the "domain" entry in the registry; this technique
works
on my NT machine. The value is set upon exit from regedit, but is cleared
again
on reboot. Why is that ?
"Chris Priede" <priede@panix.com> wrote in message
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> Bill Lampman wrote:
>> My email server installation program refuses to install because I have no
>> internet domain or hostname registered.
>
> I should note that you do need a domain with working DNS before any SMTP
> email server can function correctly. This doesn't mean Windows settings,
> but registering a domain with registrar (such as
> http://www.registerfly.com/).
>
>> If I go through the usual TCP/IP setup features on my NT4 machine I can
>> set those - but not under XP server. I can
>> only configure my local NT network domain and hostname.
>
> The hostname is the computer name and you can change this in System
> properties, "Computer Name", "Change" button.
>
> There you can also change the primary DNS suffix (domain for DNS
> purposes) -- click the "More" button. If you are part of an Active
> Directory domain, this will be set to the AD domain by default and
> changing it may have undesireable consequences.
>
> You can add additional DNS suffixes in TCP/IP properties cor a specific
> network connection, but whether any of that will satisfy your email
> server, I couldn't tell you...
>
> --
> Chris Priede (priede@panix.com)
>
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