>If you are behind the firewall is it better to use the public IP of the DNS
>server or the private IP of the DNS server?

You "should" have the forwarding DNS and the mail relay hub as 
"bastion" servers outside the firewall, but inside the border router, 
aka in the DMZ, to keep all that traffic out of the firewall and 
simplify firewall rules.

Len


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