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    Hello everyone 

    I am using Exchange Server 2007 , Recently we have switched over to another ISP, so the public IP has been changed.

    i am not receiving mails from few domains , since their mails are hitting the old public IP not the new Public IP. 

    They are getting this error: A communication failure occurred during the delivery of this message. Please to resend the message later. If the problem continues, contact your helpdesk. The following organization rejected your message: mail.abcdef.com (192.168.1.1). 192.168.1.1 is old public IP and our new public IP say 172.168.1.1.

    How to troubleshoot this problem.is this  the problem at my end or their end because i am getting mails from all other domains only from few domains i am not getting emails.

    please guide me how to troubleshoot

     

     

    Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:12 PM

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    Hi,

    If the MX records and A-records are updated to the new IP then there should be a max of 24 hours for the other servers to hit the correct IP. It all depends on the TTL set on the records in the first place. In a few cases I have seen a delay up to 48 hours. A way to work around it could be to contact the few domains that are having the issue and force them to update the A-record.

    /martin

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    • Proposed as answer by John Fullbright Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:56 PM
    • Marked as answer by Risingflight Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:29 PM
    Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:25 PM
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    Yup, external DNS - MX record would be my guess.

     

    J

     

    • Marked as answer by Risingflight Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:29 PM
    Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:57 PM

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    Hi,

    If the MX records and A-records are updated to the new IP then there should be a max of 24 hours for the other servers to hit the correct IP. It all depends on the TTL set on the records in the first place. In a few cases I have seen a delay up to 48 hours. A way to work around it could be to contact the few domains that are having the issue and force them to update the A-record.

    /martin

    Exchange is a passion not just a collaboration software.
    • Proposed as answer by John Fullbright Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:56 PM
    • Marked as answer by Risingflight Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:29 PM
    Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:25 PM
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    Yup, external DNS - MX record would be my guess.

     

    J

     

    • Marked as answer by Risingflight Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:29 PM
    Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:57 PM
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    Since my DNS is with ISP so i have to lookup for A Record and MX record . is anything else which i am missing.
    Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:39 AM
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    Since my DNS is with ISP so i have to lookup for A Record and MX record . is anything else which i am missing.
    Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:39 AM
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    Hello,
    I have checked with our ISP the entry is correct but at our older ISP there  was a reverse lookup entry pointing to my server
    which was causing trouble.
    so i have asked old isp to remove this entry and it is almost 10 hours and still i am facing the same issue.
    i was told it may take 24 hours to propagate this entry.
    To be at the safer side i want to cross check at our ISP for the entries for our exchange server so please guide me.
    say my           domain:      abc.com 192.168.1.1(public IP)
    and my exchange server : mail.abc.com 192.168.1.2 (Public IP)
    Entries at The ISP
    A record  with IP 192.168.1.2
    MX record with IP 192.168.1.2
    Reverse lookup record with IP 192.168.1.2
    Autodiscover record with IP 192.168.1.2
    Entries at my End(My Server)
    Autodiscover record pointing to ip 192.168.1.2
    Anything else i am missing please do guide me.
    Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:30 PM
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    Hello,
    I have checked with our ISP the entry is correct but at our older ISP there  was a reverse lookup entry pointing to my server
    which was causing trouble.
    so i have asked old isp to remove this entry and it is almost 10 hours and still i am facing the same issue.
    i was told it may take 24 hours to propagate this entry.
    To be at the safer side i want to cross check at our ISP for the entries for our exchange server so please guide me.
    say my           domain:      abc.com 192.168.1.1(public IP)
    and my exchange server : mail.abc.com 192.168.1.2 (Public IP)
    Entries at The ISP
    A record  with IP 192.168.1.2
    MX record with IP 192.168.1.2
    Reverse lookup record with IP 192.168.1.2
    Autodiscover record with IP 192.168.1.2
    Entries at my End(My Server)
    Autodiscover record pointing to ip 192.168.1.2
    Anything else i am missing please do guide me.
    Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:31 PM
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    On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:31:06 +0000, Risingflight wrote:
     
    >Hello, I have checked with our ISP the entry is correct but at our older ISP there was a reverse lookup entry pointing to my server which was causing trouble.
     
    If you changed IP addresses I don't see how a PTR record for your old
    IP address would be causing you problems, especially with _receiving_
    messages.
     
    >so i have asked old isp to remove this entry and it is almost 10 hours and still i am facing the same issue. i was told it may take 24 hours to propagate this entry. To be at the safer side i want to cross check at our ISP for the entries for our exchange server so please guide me. say my domain: abc.com 192.168.1.1(public IP) and my exchange server : mail.abc.com 192.168.1.2 (Public IP) Entries at The ISP A record with IP 192.168.1.2 MX record with IP 192.168.1.2 Reverse lookup record with IP 192.168.1.2 Autodiscover record with IP 192.168.1.2 Entries at my End(My Server) Autodiscover record pointing to ip 192.168.1.2 Anything else i am missing please do guide me.
     
    You have no control over how other MTAs (or DNS) may, or may not, have
    cached the results of a DNS query. What was the TTL value on your old
    MX and A records? Has that TTL expired since you changed IP addresses?
    Even if the TTL *has* expired you may find some MTAs (or DNS) may
    still have your old information in their cached results.
     
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    Rich Matheisen
    MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
     
    --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
    Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:18 PM
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    I went through this twice already. Ensure you have reverse DNS record for your new IP. Please see this: http://joserebellon.wordpress.com/. You need to contact your ISP for this.

    Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:59 PM