the hosts file idea worked perfectly and saved who knows how much time. thanks!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:44 AM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] problems checking mail > mark, there are only about 10, so not much effort. > > but all of these machines are mac. > > any advice there? > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Reeve" < > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:40 AM > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] problems checking mail > > > > If I understand your problem correctly, the quick fix, depending how many > > internal clients you have, is to make an entry in the "hosts" file on each > > machine...this file is checked first by the users computer and then DNS is > > not involved. Hope this helps > > > > Mark > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jason Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:42 AM > > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] problems checking mail > > > > > > > sanford, that does make sense. > > > > > > being the amateur that i am, do you have a direction you could point me > > > in as far as setting up a separate DNS for internal use? > > > > > > thanks, > > > jason > > > > > > On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at 06:49 PM, Sanford Whiteman wrote: > > > > > > >> this is making no sense... > > > > > > > > Makes perfect sense to me. If your private addresses are NATted at > > > > your router/firewall to public IPs, and your DNS server is responding > > > > with public IPs, the packets have to traverse your router before > > > > heading back in to the server. This can be called "loopback NAT," and > > > > it's not supported by many firewalls, whether or not you seem to have > > > > the proper port rules on the firewall. > > > > > > > > The solution, as ever, is to use a separate DNS for your internal > > > > users that spits back internal IPs. > > > > > > > > -Sandy > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > > > > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > > > > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > > > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > > > List Archive: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
