net use and network shares

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I've got a server with a number of shares and I want to host my email
storage on it temporarily using a generic name ("mail") so that later I
can move my email storage to another server (when I run out of disk
space) with only a change to the DNS and without having to reconfigure
the clients

So I have set up an (A) record in the AD DNS for this server to point to
the name "mail" so I can now ping both of the following examples

ping \\server.domain
ping \\mail.domain

I want to change my email client (Pegasus) to store files on
\\mail.domain\directory however I've started by trying to map a drive
and have got stuck - I figure if I cannot map the drive there's little
point in reconfiguring my email to find that won't work.

I can do
net use t: \\server.domain\directory
but
net use t: \\mail.domain\directory
fails with "system error 52 - you were not connected because a duplicate
name exists on the network..." (yes I did delete t: after the first try)

Equally
dir \\server\directory works but dir \\mail\directory fails as per the
last failure.

Is there anyway to setup a usable alias as it seems such an obvious
thing to do but clearly not so obvious to accomplish.

Many thanks
 
You need to disable strict name checking so that clients can access the share with the other name. You need to install SP3 or
higher for Windows 2000 on the server and then make the registry key change outlined in 281308 Connecting to SMB Share on a
Windows 2000-Based Server May Not Work with http://support.microsoft.com/?id=281308

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support
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Make a DNS Alias for your A record host. Name the
Alias "Mail" and then give that a whirle
 
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