my internal DNS server IP results= hits my internal dns server it returns the MX pref of 10, mail exchanger = mail.mydomain.com mail.mydomain.com internet address = "my EXTERNAL IP for my mx record"
-----Original Message----- From: Dan Shadix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Exchange 2k and Imail In IMail Administrator / localhost / Services / SMTP what is listed for Domain Name Server address? When you type the following command on the IMail computer what do you get? nslookup -q=mx domain.com ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "John G. Lyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:21:10 -0400 >Thanks Dan > >Both servers have their primary DNS set to the internal dns server. >No secondary is set on either server since the inernal dns does forwarding to the >ISP's server if external resolution is needed. > >While the zones were setup I was able to do just that. nslookup, tracert resolved the >internal IP's wihtout fail. Each server could ping and telnet to the other by IP, >domain.com and mail.domain.com > >The A and MX records are right for internal use. They are identical to external >except the IP's. > >Gate Host is blank in Imail administrator. > >The Firewall log for ISA indicates no blocking of traffic from Exch TO Imail...just >FYI. > >I don't get it. The only diffirences between the HOSTS and the zones I tested was the >"domain.com". Another Imail poster explained that the HOSTS file would have to have >the "mail.domain.com" and "domain.com" entries. However, in the dns zone I know of >know way to enter the "domain.com" if it doesn't simply get that fomr the zone name >itself (domain.com.dns). I am not the brightest star in the sky by no means, but I am >missing something somewhere in all this. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dan Shadix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:09 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Exchange 2k and Imail > > >If you set up internal DNS but couldn't resolve the IPs then the servers weren't >using your internal DNS server. If you set up the internal DNS with correct A and MX >records, set the mail servers to use the internal DNS, and don't have Exchange or >Imail set up to use a gateway to deliver the mail for them then it simply has to work. > >If I were doing this I'd set up the internal DNS server and set my workstation to use >it. Then I'd use dig or nslookup or ping and telnet to query it and make sure the MX >and A records resolve to the internal IPs and that I connect to the proper servers. >Then I'd change one mail server at a time and make sure they can resolve the IPs >using ping and telnet. I think Imail has a separate setting from the OS setting for >DNS so make sure that's correct also. > >Dan > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: "John G. Lyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:54:56 -0400 > >>thanks Andrey >>I can telnet from Exch to Imail on: >>ip 25 >>mail.domain.com 25 >>domain.com 25 >> >>I can telnet from Imail to Exch on: >>ip 25 >>mail.domain.com 25 >>domain.com 25 >> >>No connections are dropped on either. >> >>As far as not being a DNS issue, well here is what I can tell you. I do NOT have >>split DNS setup. Prior to adding HOSTS file entries >>for each "mail.domain.com" and "domain.com" I could not move mail in any direction >>at all. Once I set the HOSTS files up all telnet'ing worked, Imail could send to >>exchange. Just can't send from exchange to Imail. >> >>One interesting note is that I tested removing the HOSTS file entries and creating >>the internal DNS zones for these domains (split DNS). They were identical to my >>external zones except using internal IP's and all records had their matched PTR's. >>Afterwards neither server would move mail to the other. Imail's log showed same >>errors as always and Exchange indicated could not resolve DNS name. I am back to >>using HOSTS files for now till I get it figured out. >> > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
