domain name change

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Kevin Sehl

Anyone got any input into changing the domain name on an existing Win2k AS
installation with Exchange? I know how to do it, (at least Microshafts
version) but I am concerned about losing major pieces of my install, like
Exchange etc.

Kevin
 
This cannot be done with Win2k Active Directory(well there are some ways but
not worth the effort typically). What do you have from Microsoft? Are you
talking about your internal Domain name or a real internet Domain Name?

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Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

scrockel@***No_SPAM***hotmail.com
 
I have inherited a problem server for a client. It was setup with a domain
that is clearly not theirs. The only glaring problem is that the mail they
are sending out is being rejected from mail servers performing reverse DNS
lookups.

What I need to do is get the Exchange Server to think it is their real
domain, not the ganked one that it was setup as.

Any ideas?
 
You need to add a dns record for range of IP addresses. The rejection is not
because the domain name is not yours it is because your ip address of the
mail server has no DNS record configured for it. This is something that your
ISP will most likely have to do. I have seen this issue with AOL and this
was typically the fix. My internal domain name is not the domain name we use
on the internet and the domain name we use internally is actually owned by
some one else on the internet but we have no issues because of this.

C:\>nslookup
Default Server: *.ntdomain.com - my internal domain name which I do not
own.(this is my internal DNS server)
Address: 10.0.2.100
209.150.89.130 - real IP of my mail server.
Click to expand...
Server: *.ntdomain.com
Address: 10.0.2.100

Name: 209-150-89-130.dratraining.com - this is the record I am talking
about.
Address: 209.150.89.130

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Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

scrockel@***No_SPAM***hotmail.com
 
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