Re: Setting up SMTP for outbound mail only

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Is this server's DNS resolver capable of resolving remote domains?
What happens when, from the mailserver, you run

nslookup -q=mx live.com

Interesting. I added another DNS server that is in a different domain and
ran the above command twice, with two different results:

C:\Documents and Settings\Bill>nslookup -q=mx live.com

Server: hermes.exch.local
Address: 192.168.254.242

Non-authoritative answer:
live.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx1.hotmail.com
live.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx2.hotmail.com
live.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx3.hotmail.com
live.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx4.hotmail.com


C:\Documents and Settings\Bill>nslookup -q=mx live.com

Server: hermes.exch.local
Address: 192.168.254.242

Non-authoritative answer:
live.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx1.hotmail.com
live.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx2.hotmail.com
live.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx3.hotmail.com
live.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx4.hotmail.com

mx1.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.245.8
mx1.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.244.8
mx1.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.244.136
mx2.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.245.40
mx2.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.244.40
mx2.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.244.168
mx3.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.244.200
mx3.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.245.72
mx3.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.244.72
mx4.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.244.232
mx4.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.245.104
mx4.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.244.104


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