Re: Newbie to Exchange needs MX record info

I thought two MX records where required. The MX records should read something
liklike mail.yourdomain.com or smtp.yourdomain.com (what prefix does Exchange
use, and what help file are you referring to?

Thanks
--
Gary Demi
Software & Communication Concepts, Inc.
Microsoft Registered Partner
Houston, & Phoenix



"Al Mulnick" wrote:

> 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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