After you have performed the necessary configuration to enable an MTA’s server to allow DNS lookups (see Section 2.5, Configuring the MTA’s Server for DNS Lookups), you must configure the MTA to perform DNS lookups.
By default, your GroupWise system is configured not to allow MTAs to perform DNS lookups. You can retain the system default of no DNS lookups, then enable DNS lookups for individual MTAs. Or you can enable DNS lookups for all MTAs in your GroupWise system, then selectively disable DNS lookups for individual MTAs.
To configure your GroupWise system so all MTAs perform DNS lookups (provided their servers are enabled for DNS lookups):
In ConsoleOne®, click the
to display the GroupWise System Preferences dialog box.Click the
tab.Enable the
optionIf the option is dimmed, you have not defined an Internet
domain yet. See Configuring
Internet Addressing
in System
in
the GroupWise
7 Administration Guide.
Click
.If you’ve used the GroupWise System Preferences to enable all MTAs to perform DNS lookups in order to send messages directly to other GroupWise systems (see Enabling DNS Lookups for All MTAs), you can disable DNS lookups for individual MTAs.
If you haven’t used the GroupWise System Preferences to enable all MTAs to perform DNS lookups, you can enable DNS lookups for individual MTAs.
In ConsoleOne, right-click the MTA object, then click
.Click
to display the Routing Options page.Select the
box to the left of the option.Select or deselect
as needed for this MTA.Click
.