MX Records Change

[Robert L. Cochran Jr.]

Eric,

I'm puzzled. Why didn't you just change the nameserver IP address for
media.metzgers.com to 208.10.17.62 and leave everything else alone? I
think that is all you really had to do, just get in contact with your
nameserver admin and have that person change the IP address for
media.metgers.com and you are done.

I'm inexperienced with DNS so wiser souls can correct me if need be. 

The host names

media.metzgers.com
corp.metzgers.com 

give the impression that 2 different host *machines*, one named
media.metzgers.com and the other named corp.metzgers.com, are being used
as mail servers in your shop. You probably have a machine set up with
the name media.metzgers.com but do you have one set up as
corp.metzgers.com and configured as a mail server? I am guessing no
since your concern is really just to change IP addresses (since your old
one is gone), not to configure an additional mail server for your
company.            


-- 
Have a nice day!
Bob Cochran
mailto:cochranb at lingpgmr.com or mailto:cochranb at clark.net



Eric Leslie wrote:
> 
> Hello All:
> The company that I work for was informed that our ISDN connection will be
> shut down, so we had to find a new provider. We host our own mail server,
> and have the MX records to reflect this. Once I found out the new static IP
> for the new connection, I requested a change to our MX records to reflect
> the new connection. Below, find the MX settings:
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> metzgers.com    preference = 10, mail exchanger = media.metzgers.com
> metzgers.com    preference = 0, mail exchanger = corp.metzgers.com
> 
> Authoritative answers can be found from:
> metzgers.com    nameserver = NS1.DYNAMICWEB.NET
> metzgers.com    nameserver = NS2.DYNAMICWEB.NET
> media.metzgers.com      internet address = 206.165.56.209
> corp.metzgers.com       internet address = 208.10.17.62
> NS1.DYNAMICWEB.NET      internet address = 205.178.159.134
> NS2.DYNAMICWEB.NET      internet address = 205.178.138.137
> 
> Since I wasn't able to change the connection settings right away, I figured
> that I would leave both IPs active in the MX record. My thinking was that
> once the old connection was unavailable (media.metzgers.com), I thought that
> it would go to the new connection and static IP (corp.metzgers.com). Anyway,
> I have gotten the new connection set up, but no outside mail comes in. Once
> I go back to the old connection, the outside mail comes in. Was my thinking
> of the MX settings wrong? Or what should my MX record reflect to work in
> this manner, if possible? Obviously, once I am comfortable with the new ISDN
> connection, I will have the old IP reference removed from the MX record.
> 
> Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Eric Leslie
> InfoSys/New Media
> Metzgers Printing & Prepress
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> E-mail: eric.leslie at metzgers.com
> Website: www.metzgers.com
> Phone: (419) 861-8611
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