DNS Issue

[Joe Francis]

So what I need to do is simply go into the DNS settings in the Server Admin
and delete the .local and all should be well in the world?



On 3/20/07 2:56 PM, "Dan Shoop" <shoop at iwiring.net> wrote:

> At 1:25 PM -0500 3/20/07, Joe Francis wrote:
>> We use an external ISP for our email. Because I am behind a firewall, I have
>> set up the DNS on My OS 10.4 server as a .local.
> 
> That's a bad idea. .local is for Bonjour. It does it's own "DNS-like"
> thing. You've now foobared this.
> 
>> I am now experiencing email issues.
> 
> Yep.
> 
>>  Internal messages are not all going
>> through. We have 2 variations on our emails, both work with the ISP, but
>> only one is going through for my window users-my mac users seem to be okay.
>> I believe it is a DNS issue.
>> What do I need to do to solve this issue?
> 
> Fix your DNS. Don't use .local in DNS.

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Joe Francis
Technology Director
Clear Creek Amana Schools
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