I think it's going to depend on how the WS is configured, particularly that little checkbox that says "Use DNS for WINS resolution".
> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:28 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Note on moving Exch 5.5 > > > Can anyone elaborate on how that works on an NT 4 domain? > WINS is correct > and a conflicting DNS entry is there? Why does DNS take > precedence on an NT4 > domain? I thought that was a 2K thing??? (I am sending this > to the NT list > so stop barking) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: Note on moving Exch 5.5 > > > Well I found something. There was still a DNS entry for the > old IP address. > I originally intended to make it separate and make it mail2 > or something > similar in DNS. I removed the entry and it has cleared most > of my problems. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:58 AM > Subject: Note on moving Exch 5.5 > > > As we have been discussing, I moved my mail server this past weekend. > > A note on a blip I experienced: > > I changed the internal IP on the new server to match the old > server's IP (I > gave the old one a completely different IP) after moving > mailboxes so that I > would not have to mess with router settings and such for the > NAT. It worked > fine, because the DNS was still correct, mail came through, etc. > > On Monday, when people started Outlook and it looked for the new mail > server, some users had issues with the new IP. They were > trying to resolve > to the old IP. I blew out WINS and it still looked for the > old POC. A well > meaning coworker added an LMHOSTS entry for the server (GOD > NOOOOOOOOOO). > Bad form, but it worked at that moment, which is all users > seem to care > about. > > I plan to go back and fix this issue when things settle down. > > I just wanted to bring this up for posterity's sake. *wink > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
