Hostname of a Dedi

[Bull]

Hi,
What do you put as the hostname for a dedicated server with cPanel WHM. I seem to have theserversID.forcpanel.com. This can't be right, should it be somethingI'veDreamedup.hostingfirm.com . Or do I buy a domain name just for this?


These are the instructions from within WHM

Instructions
It is important to choose a hostname that you will not be using for any account. You should choose something that will be socially acceptable, as it will appear in all mail headers. Your hostname must be a FQDN. In english, A hostname should consist of a name and a domain name. All valid hostnames should have 2 dots in them. Hostnames should never begin with "www". Hostnames should also not begin with a digit, nor end with a hyphen ("-").

Just for clarity, I have my site/domain on the server and it works fine apart from my sites emails being bounced back because of this hostname issue.

Thanks

 

[Bull]

server1.yourdomain.com? Then ensure there's an A record (ie, subdomain) setup in the DNS zone for yourdomain.com and also ensure you set the PTR of the server's IP to server1.yourdomain.com (your provider will need to do that bit)

Ok, so if my site on the server is mydomain.co.uk and I use server1.mydomain.co.uk for this host name entry, this wont cause any problems with this line from the instructions?

It is important to choose a hostname that you will not be using for any account.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Bull]

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