[X-Servers] problems getting Xserve online

[Peter C.S. Adams]

Thus spake Bob Bergey <bob at bergey.net>, circa 6/29/2005 12:53 AM:
> It's connected to the Internet, and SMTP works -- Mailman is sending
> out admin messages on a couple of test mailing lists I've set up.
> However I can't get mail to the server, nor can I connect to the Web
> sites on the server.

What happens if you try to connect to the web server using the numeric
address, e.g. 1.2.3.4? If that works, you either don't have a DNS entry for
the server or it hasn't appeared in your DNS server yet. It can sometimes
take a few days for this to propagate through the system.

Regarding the mail server, this could be the issue as well, but you also
need to make sure the server has an MX (mail exchange) record in the DNS.
Otherwise, other mail servers won't know that it handles the mail for your
domain.

     peter