Re: NEW A record for accessing Exchange

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From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/28/04


Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:38:16 -0400

In news:2180b01c45add$ab76d320$a101280a@phx.gbl,
Falcore4 <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> posted their thoughts, then I
offered mine
> Hello all,
>
> I need to an A record to my DNS server so that my users
> can just type out domain/Exchange to access the Exchange
> server from home, instead of 111.111.111.111/Exchange. I
> have a Windows 2003 server and am familiar with adding an
> A record in NT, but not sure where to add it in 2003, in
> the Forward Lookup Zone or the Reverse Lookup Zone.
>
> Thanks for any help.

Question: Is your server hosting your public domain name? You would need to
create this record on the DNS server hosting your public namespace using
Mark's steps. If its your ISP, you'll have to do it there.

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Ace
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