access public IP number from the LAN

can U explain that again?
my windows\hosts looks like

pop.mydomain.it 192.168.1.69

ana I'm outside I have to add
#pop.mydomain.it 192.168.1.69

on the DNS I have a CNAME for pop.mydomain.it pointing to mydomain.it
which resolves to the correct IP.

I understand U told me to try on the hosts file something like
pop 192.168.1.69
but it doesn't work.

thanks for further help

david
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Remove the domain name and extension from the hosts file. You are
assigning
a real domain to a private subnet.

You mail access should be set as if you were always outside your
domain...
so the address is smtp.domain.ext. or pop3.domain.ext in the mail
client...
the dns CNAME should direct to the domain name, as should the dns mail
server setting, not the private subnet.

"templeton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> hi,
> I'm running a linux (mandrake9.0) web and mail server on a old pentium
> 300. the server is in a LAN with 2 windows pc's. all three machines
> goes to a small 5 port hub form where a line is going to the router
> ADSL Zyxel 642R. on the router NAT is active and my local pc's are
> 192.168.1.xxxx; the server is 192.168.1.69; the problem is I use the
> laptop both home and around, and eudora is configured to use
> smtp.mydomain.it; when I'm outside smtp.etcetc resolves to my actual
> public IP and works fine; but when I'm home I've to edit the
> windows\hosts file to enter a line
>
> 192.168.1.69 smtp.mydomain.it
>
> to let eudora (and explorer) contact the server at the correct IP.
> obviously every time I move (several time in the day( I have to
> comment that line to let eudora resolve the external IP again).
> The router defaults every port to the IP of the server.
> Is there any way to configure everything so that I can access the web
> and the mail even from inside my LAN using my public IP?
>
> thank you for your help and your time
>
> david