accessing domain name behind firewall

[Kurt Boyack]

On 7/6/05, Shannon Davis <shannon_ at isc.org> wrote:
> We are on an adsl connection with a static IP.  I have set up a mail serv=
er
> on site and I have port forwarded from our router to the mail server.  I
> have assigned one of our domain names to our IP and have (A) & (MX) recor=
ds
> set.
>=20
> What I want to know is how to access the mail server by using the domain
> name that I have set up for the outside world, from our private network.

What you need is internal DNS. Assuming you are using your ISP for
external DNS, you can add BIND to your Linux server and have it do DNS
internally.