On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:36:00 GMT, jcochran.nospam DeleteThis @naplesgov.com (Jeff
Cochran) wrote:
>On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:45:01 -0700, "Wina"
><mary.evans DeleteThis @vodafone.com.fj> wrote:
>
>>I have a Windows 2000 Server that I want to use to Relay
>>Outgoing Emails. The problem is that the Server cannot
>>do DNS Lookups for destination domains.
>
>Make sure you have a DNS server that can resolve outside your network
>(forwards to one or *is* outside your network) in the TCP/IP
>properties of your network card. make sure your firewall allows DNS
>through from your servr to the outside.
It's worth noting that some applications (e.g. Windows's nslookup)
are quite happy to resolve DNS using UDP on port 53, but IIS's SMTP
requires TCP on port 53. This certainly caused me a bit trouble
when I could happily resolve external addresses but where IIS's SMTP
service refused to forward external emails because it used TCP for
sending its DNS queries.
So make sure any router access-lists and firewall rules allow both UDP
and TCP out on port 53 to the DNS server(s).
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