Re: 2003 DNS Name Different from Server Name

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 08:54:22 -0400

Karen Rowland wrote:
> We are getting ready to migrate from Exchange 5.5 to 2003. Our
> current dns name for our mail server is mail.domain.com.

I presume you mean in your public DNS, not in AD?

< I would
> like to keep this dns name, but do not want to name the new server
> "mail". Is it possible to configure the mail server to use a
> different dns name than the computer name?

If you are indeed talking about your public MX record pointing to
mail.yourdomain.com, this doesn't matter - it doesn't have to match anything
in your internal naming scheme. You just need to make sure that
mail.yourdomain.com points to the correct public IP on your network, and
that the port forwarding/NAT in your firewall/router is set to the correct
private IP of the Exchange server.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Karen

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