Re: windows 2000 dns server entry

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From: Andy Barkl [MVP] (abarkl_at_community.nospam)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:36:24 -0700

"skip" <skip@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D4748068-301A-40D6-A322-EFDB39850408@microsoft.com...
> There is a mail server on a private network that is NAT to a public
> address
> by the Firewall. The mail server public address on the public side is how
> people are used to getting to the mail server but on the private network
> the
> public address does not work. Is there an way to add an alias for the
> mail
> server public address to point to the private address in the DNS server.
> --
> skip

You'll need an MX record in the email DNS domain that points to the public
IP with a port open on the NAT server for inbound SMTP traffic.

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