I know this sounds trite but I am moving our e-mail services from an ISP run service to our own Exchange server. We have Win2000 server and Exchange 5.5 From reading here in the posts I see that I need to create a DX record to set this up. Is this correct? I have the Exchange server set up now and can transmit messages within our network but am unable to send mail out of our network at all. Any help would be appreciated.
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brontosaurus
MIS
sending out is DNS, but not MX specifically. receiving is MX related. make sure your mail server can resolve internet hosts by NAME as opposed to IP....
ErinHughes
IS-IT--Management
I think you mean mx record and yes if you want to recive mail it is allways best to have a MX record especially if your A Name or host record is for a diifrent IP address.
But even without a MX record you should be able to send mail out. You just wont get mail back. I had some trouble with the same type of problem. Are you sure that you have your Internet Mail Service set up and working correctly.
In Exchange 5.5 it is a little difficult to find and install but if you go to Configurations>Connections in the left pane and then with that selected go to FILE>NEW OTHER>INTERNET MAIL SERVICE. it brings up a wizard that will walk you throught the install.
Please let me know if this helps.
But even without a MX record you should be able to send mail out. You just wont get mail back. I had some trouble with the same type of problem. Are you sure that you have your Internet Mail Service set up and working correctly.
In Exchange 5.5 it is a little difficult to find and install but if you go to Configurations>Connections in the left pane and then with that selected go to FILE>NEW OTHER>INTERNET MAIL SERVICE. it brings up a wizard that will walk you throught the install.
Please let me know if this helps.
As I see it you need to have all your DNS stuff in place.
Not that the info that has been written is wrong, but more and more sites check things like host name to ip-address and reversed.
have a hostrecord (A record) for your exchangeserver and have a MX record on your domain pointing to your hostname.
By the way, sending out is also MX related but in the receiving end
Not that the info that has been written is wrong, but more and more sites check things like host name to ip-address and reversed.
have a hostrecord (A record) for your exchangeserver and have a MX record on your domain pointing to your hostname.
By the way, sending out is also MX related but in the receiving end
Lets take this down a step, can you actually get out onto the internet? Have you configured your Network card properly, correct IP address, gateway and your ISP's DNS servers?
Can you ping a web site rather than IP addresses? i.e. ping
Go to and there you will find just about every tool you need,
Hope this helps,
Iain
Can you ping a web site rather than IP addresses? i.e. ping
Go to and there you will find just about every tool you need,
Hope this helps,
Iain
Originally posted by Spirit
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