Symantec Security 5600 Series, Security 5400 Series,Clientless VPN 4400 Series, Administration Manual

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Assets field descriptions
DNS Mail Server Record Properties—General tab
A DNS mail server record, known as mail exchange (MX) record in BIND, defines the server responsible
for handling email.
Use a public mail server record to point external mail systems to the address for your domain’s mail
server, usually the outside address of the security gateway.
Use a private mail server record to control the routing of internal mail to internal mail servers.
Associated tasks
The task that you can perform with this tab is:
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“Defining your email server with a DNS mail server record” on page 147
Table D-126
DNS Mail Server Record Properties—General tab
Field Description
Enable Indicates whether this option is enabled.
This option is checked by default.
Server name A unique name for the DNS mail server record.
The maximum length is 256 characters.
Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, numerals, periods (.), and dashes (-).
Do not include spaces in the name. The characters @,!,#,$,%,^,&,*,<,>, _ and other reserved
characters are also invalid.
Accessibility The drop-down list includes the following:
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Private
Controls the routing of internal mail to internal mail servers.
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Public
Points external mail systems to the appropriate address for you mail server, usually the
outside address of the security gateway.
IP address IP address of the mail server.
Caption An optional, brief description of the DNS mail server record.
The maximum length is 128 characters.
For longer descriptions, use the Description tab.