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I have an SBS 2000 system with isa server and exchange
2000 it has 2 network cards. one to the local LAN and
one to a broadband link. The broadband link is attached
to a NAT router.
Network card 1 - LAN 10.0.0.4 subnet 255.x.x.x no gateway
with a preffered dns 10.0.0.4
network card 2 - WWW 192.168.0.6 with a default gateway
of 192.168.0.1 and dns of 161.58.88.37
(ukdnsservers.co.uk)
I can use the exchange internally to send and recieve as
you would expect. Externally i can send mail out via a
smart host.
I have a virtual server pointing to the internet network
card 192.168.0.6 and i can connect to this virtual server
via telnet from a remote machine and send a message into
the exchange. This is where my first problem lies. my
message is going into the "messages awaiting directory
lookup" i can enumerate the test message but it never
resolves to a host. Am i right in assuming my DNS records
on my server aren't working if so how do i fix it? I
assume i need to set up a host A record and an MX record
but where do i point the address to?
netdiag tells me re: DNS Test
pass - all the dns entries for Dc are registered on dns
server 10.0.0.4
warning the dns entries for this DC are not registered
correctly on dns
warning the dns entries for this DC are not registered
correctly on dns
Problem 2 lies with my domain. I have 4 domains but at
present i only want one to work so that i can convert the
others at a later date. I have logged into my domain
provider and set up an mx record pointing to my static ip
82.38.x.x When i use checkdns.net and point it to my
domain it tells me the mx record is actually pointing to
82.38.x.x.domain.net. Do i set this to my FQDN
sbserver.domain.local? I have tried both and both dont
work. Other settings on the domain reference a separate
web server for www. and http://domain.net, email
forwarding is configured as well but doesnt work as it
uses the MX record first i assume.
Whats going wrong? any ideas. I'm an exchange newbie with
certification exams looming closer.
Thanks guys