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    What does hostname mean?

    I notice this a lot on hosting sites in the order process:

    Configure Server
    Hostname: [ ] eg. server1 ( .yourdomain.com )

    What goes there?
    Let's say my domain is abcDOTcom, would I put wwwDOTabcDOTcom, or something like webDOTabcDOTcom

    I had to type the word DOT instead of '.' because it wouldn't let me post

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    something like Server[1-9999].domain.com
    so anything can go there

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    Hello,

    If your domain name is abc.com, you need to add your hostname as server1.abc.com
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    Thanks guys, that's what I thought, but wanted to be 100%.

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    Welcome ! Good Luck !
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    I know your question has been answered but for an eg. i always used to use Star Trek related names like deltaflyer.TLD.com now I use planet names (didn’t put enough thought into that one).

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    hostname is important in dedicated server environment especially for mail to work properly with RDNS.

    Specially 4 U
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    that means the domain you like to use for the server name. generally it's someting like xxx.abc.com

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