Re: Best E-mail practices for SBS 2k3?

From: Frank McCallister (anonymous)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:22:33 -0500

Hi Michael

The Website can remain hosted at the same company hosting it now (actually
that is preferable) The DNS records at your Domain host has several A and MX
records. The www.FQDN A record can remain pointed to your current web host.
The mail.FQDN MX record can be pointed to your IP The @ FQDN A record goes
to your IP. Talk to the Tech Support for your Domain Registrar for exactly
how to set this up and I am sure they can help you with this. After this is
setup the ISP will need to setup a PTR record for you.

Frank
"Michael Patrick" <MichaelPatrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:9C9492D9-20FE-41C9-97B0-0DBB55469A92@microsoft.com...
>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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