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

[Coulee Web <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

DO you also have an A Record for www.orphan.org? On the Cobalt RaQ
servers if you don't have this mail services will not work.

David Hennessy wrote:
> 
> 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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