Re: mac questions

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From: John Harris (johnh_at_antispam.comptroub.co.nz)
Date: 12/16/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:14:12 +1300

Eriq,
Is there a similar document or site to visit that shows how to get a Mac to
connect to SBS2003 using RWW? 

-- 
John Harris (Harry)
Computer Troubleshooters - Hornby
Christchurch
New Zealand
"Eriq Neale [MSFT]" <a-eriqn@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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>> From: "rockymtntuna" <sschaefer@forethought.net>
>>
>> I've installed SBS2K3 and gave the LAN domain a .local extension
>> (mydomain.local)....I seem to recall someone saying that if you're going
> to
>> be using Macs on the network you want to pick a different extension.
>>
>> So, my question is can I rename the domain to something else
>> like......"mydomain.home"?
>>
>> Or do I need to reinstall.  I can pretty easily reinstall as I haven't
> begun
>> to use the network yet.  Also, any recs as to best Mac e-mail clients to
> use
>> with SBS?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stan
>
> Hello Stan.
>
> If you've already installed the SBS server and have had it up for any
> length of time, I'd not go through the agony of a reinstall. If you don't
> have much time put into the confguration of the users and computers on the
> network, that is certainly doable, but since there is a workaround for the
> ".local" problem, I'd avoid a reinstall if you've done any customization
> already on the server or network. And, as the other posters have 
> mentioned,
> do NOT just rename the domain. Bad, bad things happen when this is done in
> SBS-land.
>
> Merv already mentioned the link to my site with the Mac docs, but I've 
> also
> worked on an MS white paper on connecting Macs to SBS 2003. The first 
> draft
> of that document can be found at
> http://blogs.msdn.com/sbsdocsteam/archive/2004/11/24/269407.aspx. Another
> revision is coming up soon (I think) but the core info in there, along 
> with
> the data on my site, should get you going.
>
> Please post back if you have any questions.
>
> -Eriq
> ----------------------
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