Hi, an easy question. i have exchange FE and BE behind a firewall. FE internal Ip has translate to external IP. Does the 'mx record' have to be my FE external ip address? or any external ip of any of my server can be registerd as mx record. Chua
MX record should point to any server that accepts inbound internet mail. If you are running SMTP on the FE, you can point the MX to the A record of your FE (that points to the external/NATted IP address of the FE). Else, point it to the A record of the server that is responsible for receiving internet mail. -- Bharat Suneja MVP - Exchange www.zenprise.com NEW blog location: www.exchangepedia.com/blog ---------------------------------------------- "chua" wrote in message news:FF561DDC-E0AA-41FB-997A-06D42C42F5F6@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > an easy question. i have exchange FE and BE behind a firewall. FE internal > Ip has translate to external IP. Does the 'mx record' have to be my FE > external ip address? or any external ip of any of my server can be > registerd > as mx record. > > Chua >
