New Xserve setup in need of some help.

[Man-O-Leisure]

Have setup new xserve, 10.5.6. I really have no idea what i am doing so maybe someone can help. I thought i had DNS set up correctly, but maybe not as i can ping th eIP address but not the server name.

I am quite confused with how to setup/name DNS and mail server. The mac 'server.example.com' help just confuses me. this server will host email server, but not web. So, lets say my domain name is http://www.domain.com.au, how would i set up DNS and mail server? and to name the xserve, if i use the domain.com.au is that a problem cause i am not hostong website, or do i have to use domain.com.au for the mail server to work (when i get my current domain host to start sending the mail straing to my static IP so i can host my own mail)?

File sharing i also find strange on OSX (yes i normally only administer Windows servers), I created a shared directory, and added special permissions for my test user i made on my iBook. i am right to think that in OSX when you login, i can't just see the shared directories? do i have to login to them everyime? (by clicking on server name in network, and clicking on connect and entering username and password.

Also, for some reason DHCP i can't get working either. I hope someine can help me to sort out these issues

 

[Cabbit]

I am not sure how to set up your xserve but i think you are looking for a sub domain to point at the mail server. Something like mail.mydomain.com.au

 

[Man-O-Leisure]

Umm, isn't the mail.mydomain.com.au just added in when you setup the mail server? or does that somehow have to be in the DNS setup?