you can use nslookup - set the type to mx (type=mx) compare the results ('
server= ' param) with the external server - they should be the same ...if
they come up different, then you just have to figure out why - if not,
chances are the bounces were from some other reason....
thanks,
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Chabot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "IMail_Forum@list. ipswitch. com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: [IMail Forum] DNS question
> Hi everyone,
> Should I be using an internal (NT DNS) or external (ISP's DNS) for Imail?
I
> have a few addresses that keep getting bounced back as undeliverable and
> whenever I find something similar in the Knowledge Base, it refers to DNS.
> I don't know much about DNS but I do know that Imail is pointed to the
> address of a server running Windows NT and DNS service - it happens to be
> the same server that Imail is running on. How does the DNS on our server
> get updated? Should I just point Imail to one of the DNS servers that our
> ISP uses? Help!!!
>
> Ed Chabot
> The Marlin Firearms Company
> 100 Kenna Drive
> North Haven, CT 06473
> (203)985-3254
>
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