Alleikum Salaam I actually have to do that to receive mails but after a while I can't receive any more untill I put the FQDN of the ISP(mail.uunet.co.ke) in place of the DNS. This seems to be the routine at the moment. I don't know whatelse to do. Kind rgds -----Original Message----- From: tahir mushtaq [mailto:t2tahir@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 12:12 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange2k , dialup & ISP Issues http://www.MSExchange.org/ _____ Assalam-O-Alikum Just add DNS of ur ISP in to default SMTP Virtual Server Regards M.Tahir Mushtaq System Administrator Visionary Computer Solutions _____ >From: "Abdalla Ziraba" >Reply-To: "[ExchangeList]" >To: "[ExchangeList]" >Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange2k , dialup & ISP Issues >Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:01:03 +0300 > >http://www.MSExchange.org/ > >Dear all, > >I have an exchange 2000 server that picks up mails from an ISP via >dialup. Don't be surprised coz it's the only option available in this >region. Everything was fine until recently when my exchange server would >not send or receive mails. Im forced to either replace the ISP's FQDN >entered in the both the smtp virtual server and the outgoing connector >with the corresponding IP Address or vise versa. Once this is done mail >will flow in and out. What seems to be the problem? Is it a problem with >the ISP or my exchange server? Please help! > >Thanks in advance > >------------------------------------------------------ >List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp >Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ >------------------------------------------------------ >Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: >Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com >No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org >Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ >Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ >Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com >------------------------------------------------------ _____ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection <http://g.msn.com/8HMAEN/2740??PS=> service: 2 months FREE* ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------