Dear Wing, i thought I would let you know that we cleared up our funky DNS error. A long time ago we added a record for SBC because we were having problems getting mail to their domain. We removed the entry and the problem was solved. Why the Exchange server could deal with it and the OS X Server could not is still a mystery but I am grateful for what I can get. I really appreciate your taking the time to help me. I learned a few things along the way and your help was very much appreciated. Thanks! Lydia