DNS configuration on our domain

[Steve Ingraham]

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Subject: RE: DNS configuration on our domain
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:22:52 -0500
From: "Steve Ingraham" <singraham at okcca.net>
To: "Gregory Hicks" <ghicks>

Mr. Hicks,
I am sorry to bother you.  I am sending this message to you because you
are the only person that I have been able to receive messages from on
the BIND mail list since last week.  I have attempted to send messages
to the administrators of the mail list with no results.  I am not sure
that they are even receiving my messages.  I am not sure if you have any
way to help me with this problem but if it is possible for you to
forward this message to the mail list administrators perhaps they will
be able to receive it and reply.  If you are unable to help I understand
and appreciate your time.

Any assistance you can provide would be appreciated.

Steve Ingraham
Director of Information Services
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
singraham at okcca.net
405 522-5343


-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory Hicks [mailto:ghicks at cadence.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:16 PM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org; Steve Ingraham; ghicks at cadence.com
Cc: steveingraham at hotmail.com
Subject: RE: DNS configuration on our domain


> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:59:06 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks>
> Subject: RE: DNS configuration on our domain
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org, singraham at okcca.net
> Cc: steveingraham at hotmail.com
> 
> Re: this line
> 
> > okcca.net MX Default 10 mail.okcca.net.
> 
> I think it hsould be
> 
> okcca.net. MX Default 10 mail.okcca.net.
> 
> Note trailing period on "occa.net" on left hand side.

Without the word "default"  so...

okcca.net. MX IN 10 mail.okcca.net.
> 
> > Subject: RE: DNS configuration on our domain
> > Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:36:04 -0500
> > From: "Steve Ingraham" <singraham at okcca.net>
> > To: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org>
> > 
> > I want to thank SM for his help with my MX record problems I have
been
> > having this week.  I would like also to thank everyone else who
posted a
> > reply to my request.  I believe I may have the MX record for
okcca.net
> > working correctly now but am not 100% sure.
> > 
> > Thanks to information provided by SM, okcca.net's MX is pointing to
the
> > correct IP.  Also, I believe I have made all our domains (okcca.net,
> > occa.state.ok.us, mail.occa.state.ok.us) consistent so all our
domains
> > MX records should be pointing to the same address (if anyone happens
to
> > notice any other problems when they look at our domain please let me
> > know).
> > 
> > Below is the last email I sent to SM spelling out the corrections I
have
> > made to okcca.net.  I am still a little concerned as to whether our
> > okcca.net domain is receiving all emails.  One of the reasons for
this
> > concern is the fact that I have not received any emails from this
BIND
> > mail list since 7:00 pm Sep 13th.  I am sending this to the mail
list
> > but if I am still experiencing problems that keep me from seeing
email
> > delivered from this mail list I will be unable to read the post.  If
> > this is the case I would ask that posters contact me through
> > steveingraham at hotmail.com as well as posting to the mail list.  If
there
> > is anyone out there that can verify that my DNS settings are set
> > appropriately and might have information on why I may not be
receiving
> > all emails after my changes to DNS I would appreciate hearing from
you.
> > I am not convinced that I have eliminated all of my email delivery
> > problems.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Steve Ingraham
> > 
> > 
> > >I made the change to this line to show:
> > >
> > >okcca.net    MX    Default    10 mail.okcca.net
> > 
> > There is a MX record now.  You forgot a dot at the end of the 
> > mail.okcca.net.  The correct form is:
> > 
> > okcca.net MX Default 10 mail.okcca.net.
> > 
> > >Ok, I have made this correction as stated above in my text.  There
is
> > >one exception however so I have a question.  My intention for
switching
> > >IP addresses from 204.87.111.225 to 204.87.111.232 was to move the
> > >delivery reception task away from qmail and onto Exchange.  I have
the
> > >internal email server with Exchange 2000 and I have just put into
place
> > >another email server running Exchange 2003 named MXI2.  I would
like to
> > >move all incoming email to the MXI server instead of the qmail
server
> > >with the future goal of having the Exchange 2003 server on MXI2
handle
> > >all the incoming email responsibilities.  So, with the changes you
> > >spelled out above for the okcca.net domain can I leave the value
for
> > >mail.okcca.net at 204.87.111.232 with no ill effects?  Also, if
this
> > >action resolves my problems of not having an MX for the okcca.net
> > domain
> > >I would like to attempt to set up the new Exchange 2003 server as
the
> > MX
> > >for okcca.net.  What should I do to set up the new MXI2 server as
the
> > >MX?
> > 
> > >>If you want to move the delivery from qmail to Exchange, change
the 
> > >>IP address of the mail.okcca.net record to point to 
> > >>204.87.111.232.  There is no need to change the MX record.
> > 
> > >>If the MXI2 server is on a different IP address, point the 
> > >>mail.okcca.net (A) record to that IP address.  You do have a MX 
> > >>record for okcca.net now.
> > 
> > >Thank you so much for the time you have been willing to spend to
> > explain
> > >all of this to me.  I greatly appreciate your expertise and your
time.
> > 
> > >>As this question was initially posted to the BIND newsgroup, you 
> > >>could post a follow-up with what the solution was.