Exchange + Domain name - DNS records

Shaye87

Shaye87

Shaye87

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Hello,
I have my own server (2003) running as a DC+Exchange 2007, and IIS to display web pages.
So far I used both the exchange mail and the IIS for internal purposes only, but now I want others from outside of my lan to be able to either use my exchange services and view the web pages that I host and so on.
I bought a domain name.
Now I am not sure where to start, I took a screenshot of both my DNS server and my domain name dns administration page as they are now.
I understand that I need to add (A) records for the www part and (MX) records for the mail, but I am not 100% on what to fill.


Is there anyone who could give some advice? Is it possible at all to turn the exchange to be "external" now after I have used it internal for quite a long time? without deleting anything etc.
any help appreciated.
 
also as you can see in the picture, when i try to add an mx record - under the mail server i should be typing in the server ip address no? it keep saying "mail server is not valid".
 
thanks guys,
think i got it all sorted now.
1 more thing tho - what if my ISP is a @#$%@# and doesn't allow me to have a static IP, is there any way around this? will be annoying to update the dns records on the domain managment page every time my IP changes. (it doesn't happen much tho, server rarely goes down etc).

Contact your ISP and ask for reverse DNS to point to mail.yourdomainname.com (This is so that your domain name is a FQDN).
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Could you please explain what reverse dns does other than resolving IP->name? or what do i need it for really in this case.
Adding a reverse DNS zone on MY dns server won't do?
 
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