MX Records Change

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> Mark, pings on corp.metzgers.com. get no response. Either a very good
> firewall is at work, or the address is dead.
>  
> Bob

	He has *one* machine that is connected via *one* of two ISP's.

	Only *one* of corp.metzgers.com or media.metzgers.com will work
	at any point in time as they are the *same* machine.

	Mark
> 
> Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
> > 
> >         This should have worked.
> > 
> >         I suspect that this is a timing issue in that the old MX
> >         RRset had not expired.  You did not say how long ago you made
> >         the change.
> > 
> >         Another thing it could be is that your new ISP is blocking
> >         incoming connections to port 25 or even that your new address
> >         is not being announced correctly.
> > 
> >         Mark
> > >
> > > 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 figur
> ed
> > > 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 t
> hat
> > > it would go to the new connection and static IP (corp.metzgers.com). Anyw
> ay,
> > > I have gotten the new connection set up, but no outside mail comes in. On
> ce
> > > I go back to the old connection, the outside mail comes in. Was my thinki
> ng
> > > 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 I
> SDN
> > > 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
> > > --------------------------------
> > > E-mail: eric.leslie at metzgers.com
> > > Website: www.metzgers.com
> > > Phone: (419) 861-8611
> > > Fax: (419) 861-3299
> > > --------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
> 
> -- 
> Have a nice day!
> Bob Cochran
> mailto:cochranb at lingpgmr.com or mailto:cochranb at clark.net
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com