Off topic: how is that possible?

Hi listers, Im actually a newbie to this list. Could someone tell me how Im getting my mail trafficked onto my exchange server. The reason why Im asking is this my domin is hosted by some ISP somewhere in US but our corporate HQ is somewhere in Asia forget bout where we are sitting!   We are

Re: Off topic: how is that possible?

As long as you are on the Internet, you can communicate with your mail servers hosted anywhere by any ISP no the Internet. Which ISP you use to get your Internet access is totally irrelevant. For instance, you get your Internet access from some Indian ISP like VSNL. They give you their own I

Re: Off topic: how is that possible?

-- Hi Suresh, Ask Your ISP to put an MX entry to route all your mails to Your Exchange Server IP address. I will Give one Example for u. Taken from nslookup [siddiqu@lotus siddiqu]$ nslookup Default Server: md2.vsnl.net.in Address: 202.54.6.20 > set type=mx > set type=any > > amrita

Re: Off topic: how is that possible?

DNS = domain name server domain name servers host the database for the mapping between domain names and IP addresses. This is how you go to a www.yahoo.com etc. also this is how when you address email to say [EMAIL PROTECTED] is sent to the mail server which is accepting mail for the domain in