Re: Best E-mail practices for SBS 2k3?
From: Michael Patrick (MichaelPatrick_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/10/04
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:53:01 -0700
I guess I should have added more info....
Our e-mail is hosted through the same company that hosts are website. The
ISP that we use is seperate from that company. We do have a static IP
address (benefits of being on a wireless network, dont have to pay extra).
I tried to setup a reverse DNS entry on my DNS server, but I have been told
that it has to be on the ISP's DNS server. The tech there said he tried to
do it, but we are still getting the same results.
But my original question was getting the e-mail from the hosted server to my
server that has Exchange installed. Another tech that I consult with
suggested hosting our own website and e-mail. But since we have a contract
with the company we currently host with and they have it tailored for easy
updates on our end, that is not an option.
"Frank McCallister" wrote:
> Hi Michael
>
> You said you have a Domain name (FQDN). That Domain is hosted by a Domain
> Registrar who you pay a fee to. If that host is your ISP then they should
> point the MX record to your IP at mail.FQDN priority 10. If they won't do
> that then transfer the Domain to a Registrar that will. At the same time run
> CEICW and set mail for SMTP and get your ISP to set a PTR record for your
> FQDN. You should then be able to use DNS to send as long as your ISP doesn't
> block port 25.
>
> Frank McCallister
> COMPUMAC
> "Michael Patrick" <MichaelPatrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:AAF59196-E7C3-468C-AB10-562BA25D2C36@microsoft.com...
> > Currently our office is getting its e-mail from another server and I am
> > using
> > the POP3 Connector that was included with 2k3. I have heard that this can
> > cause problems and I am wondering what I can do to make things better.
> >
> > What are my choices? Is there a better configuration within sbs2k3 that I
> > am not aware of?
> >
> > I like the ability to send e-mails using dns, but because some servers
> > have
> > reverse dns lookup checked, I have to use the smarthost to send to those
> > particular servers (which is slow). I am trying to get with my ISP to add
> > an
> > MX record to their DNS server which points our IP address to our domain
> > name,
> > but so far its not working.
> >
> > Would appreciate any help.... I feel that we might be losing e-mails
> > using
> > the POP3 Connector.
>
>
>
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