DNS forward lookup zone question

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Here's my config:

Win2K DC, AD, domain: test.com
Our website address is www.test.com and is not hosted internally

I'm having an issue when a database plugin (db is on a different machine)
tries to use mail.test.com as an SMTP server. It looks to the Win2K box,
but I need it to resolve to our mail.test.com internet mail server.

How can I do this?

Thank you,
Tom
 
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T. Sepper said:
Here's my config:

Win2K DC, AD, domain: test.com
Our website address is www.test.com and is not hosted internally

I'm having an issue when a database plugin (db is on a different
machine) tries to use mail.test.com as an SMTP server. It looks to
the Win2K box, but I need it to resolve to our mail.test.com internet
mail server.

How can I do this?

Thank you,
Tom
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You can simply create the RRs manually in the test.com FLZ and give these
records the iP you need to access the servers and web site. i.e. use the
name mail, www, or whatever then give either the public or private IP needed
for access.
 
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. said:
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You can simply create the RRs manually in the test.com FLZ and give these
records the iP you need to access the servers and web site. i.e. use the
name mail, www, or whatever then give either the public or private IP needed
for access.
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Could you please explain your terminology? RRs?
 
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T. Sepper said:
Could you please explain your terminology? RRs?
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Resource Records, i.e. hosts, CNAME, SRV, MX are all Resource Records.
 
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. said:
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Resource Records, i.e. hosts, CNAME, SRV, MX are all Resource Records.
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So I shouldn't use a delegation as mail.test.com? I should just use an A
record within test.com...
 
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T. Sepper said:
So I shouldn't use a delegation as mail.test.com? I should just use
an A record within test.com...
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You can use a delegation but make sure the delegation is to the
Authoritative DNS server for the test.com zone that hold the mail host.
In fact I usually recommend delegations because some ISPs have a tendancy to
move their server IPs around trying to stay a step ahead of spammers, and
hackers although I can't testify that it realy does any good.
 
1) create an A record in the test.com zone and call it "mail" or mail1 or
whatever and use the public IP of the mail server. You should be able to
ping that address from the db machine.
2) create an MX record in the zone. Leave the host name field blank as you
want any query for a "test.com" mx to respond. Point the MX to
mail.test.com that you created before.
 
William,

Let me add one more 'wrench' to my story... How would this affect Exchange
2000? We use a Pop-connector to download our mail from our mail.test.com
host. We send mail through Exchange as normal.

Thank you!
 
Create a host record named mail in the test.com zone and point it to the IP address of the mail server. That should do it.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston[MSFT]
Microsoft Network Support

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The pop connector still needs to resolve a name to an IP -right. As long as
the pop connector can resolve the right IP, then it should be fine.
 
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