Tracy thanks for the speedy response but I do have it setup that way. I have my internal dhcp server scope options set to give all clients my two internal dns servers.
On my dns server I have an mx record for internal use as well as "mail.whatever.com" All clients can ping the mail.whatever.com and get the correct lan Ip of the mail server but if the internet goes down we have trouble. I have my dns server setup with my isp servers for forwarding and for some reason if there is no inet connection it just still will not work right even though everything is set to use the local stuff. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tracy Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] Re: local sending problem At 13:02 10/20/2003, webmaster wrote: >It appears that if my forwarders are not correct or my isp goes down. I >cannot send mail internally. > >Task 'email - Sending' reported error (0x8004210B) : 'The operation >timed out waiting for a response from the sending (SMTP) server. If you >continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or >Internet service provider (ISP).' > >I get the above message generated by outlook xp or the following error >message generated by outlook 2k and outlook 97 > >Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. > > Subject: RE: Please reply > Sent: 10/20/2003 11:43 AM > >The following recipient(s) could not be reached: > > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' on 10/20/2003 11:44 AM > No transport provider was available for delivery to this >recipient. > > > >Whats the Deal with this? Some choices: 1) Configure an internal DNS server that resolves IPs for your domain - so that clients can resolve the IP of the mail server even if your ISP is down. Don't forget to change the client configuration to point to those DNS servers. 2) Add an entry to the HOSTS file (C:\WINNT\System32\Drivers\Etc) for your mail server, so the address will always be resolved locally (again, must be done on each machine). 3) Configure Outlook to point to the IP address of the server rather than the DNS name (strongly not recommended). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
