specifying a port number?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <3.0.6.32.20000623115020.007dfb70 at server.deanox.com>,
Lee Howard  <faxguy at server.deanox.com> wrote:
>Would the following entry work in a domain file?
>
>webmail	IN	CNAME	server.domain.com:6789

No.

>The webmail package requires access by specifying a port number, and I'd
>like users to be able to access the webmail system by accessing
>http://webmail.domain.com

You'll need to use an HTTP redirect.  Make webmail.domain.com a CNAME
record pointing to the server, and configure the virtual host so that it
sends a redirect to http://server.domain.com:6789.

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