John Wittenberg wrote: <snip>
The real question becomes, why when using the mail server name when connected direct from XP it works, where as having the LEAF box connected using the mail server name does not work. Is there some difference when using the ISP DNS versus going through the LEAF box with the ISP DNSs identified.
Thanks for any and all help in advance and sorry about the convoluted message.
In addition to Ray's excellent comments, I want to point out it's also possible your ISP has moved their internal mail server(s) to private IP space. If so, the Dachstein firewall rules are what is preventing you from seeing the mail server, not any DNS issue. A lot of ISP's are doing this with their 'internal' resources due to a shortage of IPV4 addresses (espeically outside the US).
Since you didn't mention the IP your mail server resoves to, it's impossible to rule this out.
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