>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:55 PM >>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Subject: Internal mail server >>>> >>>> >>>> Here is my problem: >>>> >>>> I have a lab with students that is going to be taught how >>>> to use an email client(Outlook). I want to set them up on an >>>> internal server that will not be visible from the outside >>>> world(Internet). I have the mail server setup using qmail and >>>> freebsd4.7. I also want to use a fake domain name, i.e. >>>> labcomps.net,.org,.com whatever, so that I will be able to >>>> send email within the class and no email will go outside or >>>> from the outside to the inside. >>> >>> Ironically, i just finished doing exactly that, if I understand you >>> correctly. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Questions: >>>> 1. Can I setup a dns server to do this with the fake domain >>>> name and not be visible to the outside? >>> >>> Yup. I set up a DNS server on my lan to respond to my fake domain. >>> Sorry, I used a friend's DNS configuration as a guide, so I cannot >>> give too many examples. I did check the freebsd handbook for many >>> small items for dns though. Just make sure your hostname matches the >>> dns stuff to make life easier. >>> >>>> >>>> 2. Has somebody done this type of setup before and have any >>>> online documentation that I could follow? >>> >>> Qmail: >>> http://logicsquad.net/freebsd/qmail-how-to.html >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> 3. Can somebody tell me if this is even a possibility? >>>> >>>> Thank You, >>>> >>>> Jon >>>> >>>> >>>> >> Excellent! This is what I was hoping I would hear. The one question I >> forgot to ask is probably the most important one. The lab computers >> get their IP's from dhcp on the external router so that they can surf >> the Internet for other classes that they have. These are all win98 >> clients, so after I put up the dns server would I just have to >> configure the lab computers to also look at the internal dns that I >> created with the fake domain name to be able to do the mx lookups? >> Would this cause any problems for the lab computers to get to the >> Internet and still be able to use the fake dns server setup for mail? >> >> Jon >> > > Not a problem at all. Just give named authority over the 'fake' domain > and give it some forwarders (in example named.conf file supplied with > FreeBSD). Then point all the m$ clients at the internal dns. Added > bonus... it'll cache the results and depending on how dns was > previously set up you could see some reduction in external lookups. > Thanks to all who have given me advice on this question. I hope most of you will be up at around 2:30am Alaska time as this is when I will probably run into my errors and questions. 8^) I have my O'reilly DNS and Bind book and Gregs FreeBSD Handbook plus I can use sample configs from my own dns server and any other doc I can find. If any one else has more suggestions I would appreciate any and all. I have to try and have this setup by Monday morning and will use every reference I can find. Thanks again, signing up to this list has been a godsend to me.
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