MX Records Change

[Robert L. Cochran Jr.]

Mark, pings on corp.metzgers.com. get no response. Either a very good
firewall is at work, or the address is dead.
 
Bob

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
> 
>         This should have worked.
> 
>         I suspect that this is a timing issue in that the old MX
>         RRset had not expired.  You did not say how long ago you made
>         the change.
> 
>         Another thing it could be is that your new ISP is blocking
>         incoming connections to port 25 or even that your new address
>         is not being announced correctly.
> 
>         Mark
> >
> > Hello All:
> > The company that I work for was informed that our ISDN connection will be
> > shut down, so we had to find a new provider. We host our own mail server,
> > and have the MX records to reflect this. Once I found out the new static IP
> > for the new connection, I requested a change to our MX records to reflect
> > the new connection. Below, find the MX settings:
> >
> > Non-authoritative answer:
> > metzgers.com    preference = 10, mail exchanger = media.metzgers.com
> > metzgers.com    preference = 0, mail exchanger = corp.metzgers.com
> >
> > Authoritative answers can be found from:
> > metzgers.com    nameserver = NS1.DYNAMICWEB.NET
> > metzgers.com    nameserver = NS2.DYNAMICWEB.NET
> > media.metzgers.com      internet address = 206.165.56.209
> > corp.metzgers.com       internet address = 208.10.17.62
> > NS1.DYNAMICWEB.NET      internet address = 205.178.159.134
> > NS2.DYNAMICWEB.NET      internet address = 205.178.138.137
> >
> > Since I wasn't able to change the connection settings right away, I figured
> > that I would leave both IPs active in the MX record. My thinking was that
> > once the old connection was unavailable (media.metzgers.com), I thought that
> > it would go to the new connection and static IP (corp.metzgers.com). Anyway,
> > I have gotten the new connection set up, but no outside mail comes in. Once
> > I go back to the old connection, the outside mail comes in. Was my thinking
> > of the MX settings wrong? Or what should my MX record reflect to work in
> > this manner, if possible? Obviously, once I am comfortable with the new ISDN
> > connection, I will have the old IP reference removed from the MX record.
> >
> > Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Eric Leslie
> > InfoSys/New Media
> > Metzgers Printing & Prepress
> > --------------------------------
> > E-mail: eric.leslie at metzgers.com
> > Website: www.metzgers.com
> > Phone: (419) 861-8611
> > Fax: (419) 861-3299
> > --------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com

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Have a nice day!
Bob Cochran
mailto:cochranb at lingpgmr.com or mailto:cochranb at clark.net