An MX record is not required for local mail delivery, so there is really no need to create one for your own domain in your internal DNS. Mark Fugatt Dedicated Supportability Engineer (Exchange) m Desk: +44 (0)118 909 5630 Mobile: +44 (0)7966 858108 MSN IM: markfu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/mfugatt Dedicated to proactively supporting Microsoft's enterprise Customers ________________________________ From: MJ [mailto:mjtech@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 23 December 2005 04:36 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: mx record http://www.MSExchange.org/ I don't think that's the case. in fact you should have an internal MX record in your internal DNS, so your internal email wouldn't have to be routed out then bak inside. asus77x, I am not sure what command did you use, but here is an exapmle: lets say you have a domain named exhcnagedomain.com in your DNS you have a forward lookup zone called exchangedomain.com, and in this domain you should have your MX record. from the command line: nslookup set type=mx exchangedomain.com the answer should be the exchange server FQDN, and the IP Address. hope that helps On 12/22/05, Carl Houseman <c.houseman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: http://www.MSExchange.org/ In most cases there is no reason to have an MX record in your AD domain's (internal) DNS. You only need an MX record for your external DNS. If your internal DNS and external DNS share the same domain name, then your command line query must select the external DNS server. ________________________________ From: asus77x [mailto:asus77x@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:21 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] mx record Hi guys, I've setup win2k ad + dns + ex2k But when I query via command line, I can't found mx record. Anybody can help ? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com <http://www.techgenix.com/> ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: mjtech@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- MJ Almassud A+, N+ CCNA MCSA MCSE+M Cell # 678-768-4854 ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: markfu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx