Re: Newbie to Exchange needs MX record info

Two MX resource records?

MX resource records are used to designate mail handlers for your domain.
The A RR is the host name, and the MX references the A.

If you have the A already, you would have your lowest priority MX record
specify the A record as the mail handler. You may also want a reverse PTR
(some domains check this record when receiving mail from you), but that's up
to you. The higher priority record, if you specify one, would typically be
for a backup mail handler such as might be provided by your ISP.

Check out the help files for more information regarding MX and A records and
how to set this up. I believe it has mail flow pictures in there if that's
helpful.

Al


"Gary Demi" <GaryDemi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9DEFC442-1929-4252-A261-BE4FFCA4A901@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We are running SBS2003 premium and starting to use exchange. Right now we
> are
> running one NIC behind a NAT router.
>
> We have access to the DNS records on out nameserver through ouw domain
> registrar.
>
> We have a public domain name pointing to the SBS2003 computer (via the A
> record). To what URL do we point the two MX records (pri=0 & pri-10) so
> that
> Exchange Server is recognized as a mail server.
>
> A link to the the appropriate setup docs would be nice.
> --
> Gary Demi
> Software & Communication Concepts, Inc.
> Microsoft Registered Partner
> Houston, & Phoenix
>


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