Configure Exchange Server and RWW to connect via Internet
I have jsut switched over ISP and configured the Primary and Alternate DNS using the connect to internet wizard in SBS 2003. I ran the connection Remote Web Work place. I was able to surf the internet but i wasn;t able to get any outside emails (hotmail email sent to my exchange server). I looked at the MX record lookup and saw that its still pointing to the old ISP IP address.
How can I get this working?
Thanks
How can I get this working?
Thanks
ASKER
can you explain this a little better?
Well,
you own a domain called example.com
this domain is registered through a mantainer or Isp like register.com or godaddy.com
you have to go to your mantainer site (register.com in my example), go to the management console for your domain and go to the dns records management. Here you can change the MX record to point to your new internet ip address.
If your domain is registered with your old isp you have to transfer the domain to the new isp or to a external mantainer like those i said before.
To know which mantainer have your domain management go to this page:
http://www.internic.com/whois.html
input your domain name (without www or any other thing. For example:
example.com
and look in the output line with REGISTRAR word. It's your mantainer.
Some mantainers don't permit to customers to directly manage dns records so you have to talk to mantainer's support to modify MX record.
you own a domain called example.com
this domain is registered through a mantainer or Isp like register.com or godaddy.com
you have to go to your mantainer site (register.com in my example), go to the management console for your domain and go to the dns records management. Here you can change the MX record to point to your new internet ip address.
If your domain is registered with your old isp you have to transfer the domain to the new isp or to a external mantainer like those i said before.
To know which mantainer have your domain management go to this page:
http://www.internic.com/whois.html
input your domain name (without www or any other thing. For example:
example.com
and look in the output line with REGISTRAR word. It's your mantainer.
Some mantainers don't permit to customers to directly manage dns records so you have to talk to mantainer's support to modify MX record.
ASKER
Ok I went to the site and saw that my my website hosting company is listed on here...This is not what I want. My ISP and web companies are two different things. I need to be able to change my mx records as to where they are pointing to. when I do an http://www.mxtoolbox.com/ query I get that my mx record is still pointing back to me old ISP IP
If your mantainer is the hosting company it's good.
Go to the hosting company site, go to control panel for your domain and change the MX record in dns. That's all.
You should never use your isp as mantainer for the site/domain/mail 'cause it will be more difficult to change isp.
Go to the hosting company site, go to control panel for your domain and change the MX record in dns. That's all.
You should never use your isp as mantainer for the site/domain/mail 'cause it will be more difficult to change isp.
ASKER
but im still lost on how to change the MX record in dns or even where to go?
Tell me what is your domain.
ASKER
lmicorporation
This is the Whois result:
Domain Name: LMICORPORATION.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.register.com
Referral URL: http://www.register.com
Name Server: ALTNS1.WEBSITEFORGE.COM
Name Server: ALTNS2.WEBSITEFORGE.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 30-jan-2007
Creation Date: 08-apr-2000
Expiration Date: 08-apr-2011
Your mantainer is REGISTER.COM
Dns servers are managed by WEBSITEFORGE.COM
So:
Your domain name is managed by register.com while Dns are managed by WEBSITEFORGE.COM that is probably your hosting provider.
Your MX record point to address 67.108.88.52. Is this address managed by your old or new isp ?
Anyway you have to ways to change the MX record:
The first one is preferable in all case to prevent any other issue.
1) Go to the WEBSITEFORGE.COM site, login with your account and change the MX record.
2) reassign Dns management to REGISTER.COM and make needed changes. In this case you have to recreate WWW, FTP, MX and any other HOSTNAME actually in dns.
Domain Name: LMICORPORATION.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.register.com
Referral URL: http://www.register.com
Name Server: ALTNS1.WEBSITEFORGE.COM
Name Server: ALTNS2.WEBSITEFORGE.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 30-jan-2007
Creation Date: 08-apr-2000
Expiration Date: 08-apr-2011
Your mantainer is REGISTER.COM
Dns servers are managed by WEBSITEFORGE.COM
So:
Your domain name is managed by register.com while Dns are managed by WEBSITEFORGE.COM that is probably your hosting provider.
Your MX record point to address 67.108.88.52. Is this address managed by your old or new isp ?
Anyway you have to ways to change the MX record:
The first one is preferable in all case to prevent any other issue.
1) Go to the WEBSITEFORGE.COM site, login with your account and change the MX record.
2) reassign Dns management to REGISTER.COM and make needed changes. In this case you have to recreate WWW, FTP, MX and any other HOSTNAME actually in dns.
ASKER
we only have websiteforge to host our website......We dont have them to host the ms records
These are the dns server which manage your dns domain:
Name Server: ALTNS1.WEBSITEFORGE.COM
Name Server: ALTNS2.WEBSITEFORGE.COM
It's so. Dot.
Probably they have been transferred when you get the webspace on WEBSITEFORGE to easily manage the WWW and FTP names.
Name Server: ALTNS1.WEBSITEFORGE.COM
Name Server: ALTNS2.WEBSITEFORGE.COM
It's so. Dot.
Probably they have been transferred when you get the webspace on WEBSITEFORGE to easily manage the WWW and FTP names.
ASKER
so what do you suggest then?
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I believe you are 100% and this is where my error is coming from I will get in contact with websiteforge to change this DNS record
ASKER
Will this be the only thing needed...if so will it reflect in the mx record lookup table?
Correct the MX record and you will receive the mail from Internet normally.
After WEBSITEFORGE.COM modify the MX record, wait 48 hours to make DNS replicates it's changes on Internet then try to llok for your MX record on http://www.mxtoolbox.com/ as you did before. It will return your actual ip address.
Other possible things is about site(s) published diorectly by server(s) on your network.
In this case you have to update host records in Dns to reflect new external ip address of your lan.
You have to check sending mail from your network to external addresses to see if your internal mailserver sends correctly the e-mails.
After WEBSITEFORGE.COM modify the MX record, wait 48 hours to make DNS replicates it's changes on Internet then try to llok for your MX record on http://www.mxtoolbox.com/ as you did before. It will return your actual ip address.
Other possible things is about site(s) published diorectly by server(s) on your network.
In this case you have to update host records in Dns to reflect new external ip address of your lan.
You have to check sending mail from your network to external addresses to see if your internal mailserver sends correctly the e-mails.
Go to the mantainer's site and in control panel for dns change the mx record pointing it to the new ip address.