two servers - one domain name :(

[m8rk]

We've just done a very silly thing.

We have an intranet email server using our domain name company.co.uk with /webmail tacked onto the end, and setup our new win2003 server to have the same domain name.

Now all our clients, instead of going to the email server go to the domain controller instead.

How should we fix this?

Should we create a pointer to send the domain name to the email server IP?
Should we get the reference to our email server changed? (to something like: webmail.company.co.uk?)

Thanks for your help. We're a little clueless so simplistic guides would be good!

[DimaYasny]

add an A record for webmail in the DNS

[m8rk]

Could you explain how exactly?

Thankyou

[DimaYasny]

in the DNS server MMC, right click under the domain, create an A record, and call ir webmail. enter the IP for the webmail server in there

[m8rk]

By 'webmail' do you mean 'http://company.co.uk/webmail'?

Should that be in the forward lookup zone, the reverse lookup zone, or both?

[DimaYasny]

I mean webmail.company.co.uk

it should be in the forward lookup zone, just where the rest of the hosts are written in your LAN DNS

[SoLeNZa]

smtp settings control

[RLHennig]

He means for you to go to where your DNS records are managed. You'll find a listing of all your DNS settings there (CName, A, MX, etc). You need to add a new entry there. webmail.company.co.uk, A record, then the IP address for the mail server.