Messagehi Khan, unfortunatelly, my dns after shutdown, is did not work anymore. have trying to replace the zones with new ones. but still not working. i trying to fix it but not work. then i remove it and replace with a new zones. still wouldn't work. from another network, i try to ping the dns server, only work if i'm using dns fqdn. how to check what wrongs and how to fix it ? hery ----- Original Message ----- From: Faizal Khan To: [ExchangeList] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 19:34 PM Subject: [exchangelist] RE: dns question http://www.MSExchange.org/ Henry, Glad you got through with your DNS issues. If I am mistaken you are trying to publish a private IP externally? I am not aware that this can be done, I do know what you can do is publish your Public IP (static IP) using your MX records. Kindly clarify this. With Kind Regards, Khan ******************************************* Faizal Khan Manager, Management Information Systems Guyana Forestry Commission 1 Water Street, Kingston, Georgetown, GUYANA. Tel : + (592) 226-7272 Fax : + (592) 226-8956 Email: ManagerMIS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website: http://www.forestry.gov.gy