Re: [cobalt-users] MX record change to point to MS Exchange

["David Hennessy" <changeling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is "mail.orphan.org" aliased to "orphan.org" on the Exchange server?

David Hennessy
changeling@xxxxxxxxxxxx


----- Original Message -----
From: "george" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:04 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] MX record change to point to MS Exchange


> I am currently trying to change the MX record for one of my clients to
> point to their MS Exchange server.
>
> I created an A record (mail.orphan.org) to point to their IP address
> 216.181.193.114.
> I added the MX record. domain name orphan.org goes to mail server
> mail.orphan.org
>
> following the instructions below I have found two strange situations.
>
> 1. this doesnt work as it is and will only work if the users email address
> is user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 2. i can't send ANY email to a user for this group if I am sending it
> through my own account on my RAQ since both sites are on the same RAQ. It
> gives me the error "user@xxxxxxxxxx - no such user". i dont have any user
> accounts setup since they are only going to be using mail through the
> Exchange server.
> if the user tries to send me any email, they get the same response since
> they dont have an account setup as a user. is it authenticating somewhere?
>
> any help is greatly appreciated!
>
>  > I will be hosting a domain on my RaQ for which they have a mail server
on
>  > their own network. The current host provider has an MX record
>  > setup to go to
>  > their mail server (which is at a different IP address than me,
>  > obviously....). Anybody know how to setup the DNS on the RaQ to handle
>  > this - in other words, I get everything but the email, which goes to
their
>  > IP? I know I essentially have to setup an MX record that points
>  > to the IP of
>  > their server, but don't know how to do this on the RaQ.
> If you set up something like this
> domain.com IN A your ip address
> www.domain.com IN A your ip address
> mail.domain.com IN A their ip address
> domain.com IN MX 30,mail.domain.com
> www.domain.com IN MX 30,mail.domain.com
> it should work for you (works for me)
> you can do that via the GUI by just adding the addition A record and by
then
> adding the MX records to point to the mail.domain.com
> cheers
> Jim Careywww.OZbcoz.com
>
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