Bounced Mail - DNS Problems?

[Matt Hayes]

Kevin Miller wrote:
> Matt Hayes wrote:
>> Johnny Stork wrote:
>>> I had actually tried that before, but here is my problem. I run a
>>> Scalix mail server internally and so it is setup to send outgoing
>>> mail to gateway.johnnystork.ca (192.168.1.2) which runs mailscanner
>>> and is the SMTP mail server for my network. But as soon as I ad the
>>> A record for gateway.johnnystork.ca so it resolves to
>>> 207.216.240.22, the Scalix mailserver cannot route/forward all
>>> outgoing mail to gateway.johnnystork.ca. Is there any way I can have
>>> the internal machines resolve/see the servers only with their
>>> internal IP's, even if there is a cooresponding a record and
>>> routable ip address? 
>>>
>> Well, if it were me, I would configure the server to relay mail to the
>> internal IP rather than a domain name then add the DNS A record for
>> the correct entry.
> 
> That would work, but another option is to have two records in DNS:  
>   int-gateway	IN A 192.168.1.2
>   gateway		IN A 207.216.240.22
> and point the Scalix box to int-gateway.  You retain the benefits of DNS
> that way.
> 
> Yet another option is to set up bind to have multiple views.  My
> internal users see one list of records, external users see another.  The
> hostname may be the same, but the address returned by DNS is different
> depending on whether they're on my internal lan or the internet...
> 
> 
> ...Kevin


Ahhh very nice.  I didn't even consider that.  :)

-Matt