AppleShare IP Mail Server: Shows IP Address Instead Of DNS Name

This article discusses a few symptoms where an AppleShare IP server will display IP addresses instead of the DNS name.
When the AppleShare IP server first starts up, it does a reverse DNS lookup for the IP address of the server as entered in the TCP/IP control panel. If this fails, the server uses its IP address to refer to itself (instead of its DNS name). This can result in a few symptoms:



One of the following troubleshooting steps should resolve this issue:
For more information on DNS lookups, please see the following article:

Article 24693: "AppleShare IP Mail Server: DNS Configuration"
Published Date: Feb 20, 2012