RE: Mail not getting thru the domain

Sorry I Meant to explain what "telling you" When I go to www.dnsstuff.com and
then click on dns reports I get this

Getting MX record for thejmjenkinsfamily.org (from local DNS server, may be
cached)... There is no MX record for thejmjenkinsfamily.org! That's bad.
Checking for an A record... There is no A record for thejmjenkinsfamily.org
either!

That's very bad. No mail can be sent to thejmjenkinsfamily.org.

I will have to make sure that the host name is pointing at the IP of the
router.

Thanks for your help Tippy. I will have to do better at looking when I do a
Google search.





Tippy wrote:
>SBS Server should do all this for you. No need to worry about the ms record
>in your DNS server. Not sure what is "telling you" you have no mx record.
>Maybe a little more detail on where it says this.
>
>What may be the problem is that your domain host may not be pointing the MX
>record to your external IP of your router.
>
>Open up a command prompt and type "nslookup -q=mx [yourdomainname.com]". You
>might have to do this a few times before it properly works. The lowest value
>mx preference is the first direction for mail requests. Make sure the host
>name (probably mail.yourdomain.com) is the ip address of your router. Use
>ping to test this. If it isn't check the other mx preferences. You will need
>to contact your domain host, or use their portal to change the host name to
>your IP.
>
>As for open realy, a quick Google search would have answered this for you.
>Better get used to researching if you want to be successful in this industry.
>Try this http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=895853&SD=tech
>
>Tippy.
>
>> I have a SMB Server 2003 which hosts my website and acts as a mail server. I
>> put up a wireless router in which the server sits behind. I can get teh web
>> site to be viewed by the out side world. The problem is the mail server is
>> having problems. It says that I have no MX record. When I set up the MX
>> Record I browse for the host record, is this correct? How can I set up the MX
>> record correctly and also how do I make exchange not an open Relay.

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Thanks for your help,
Justin
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