Re: mail server setup

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From: TOP (speaker910_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:04:22 -0800

What exactly are you trying to do, and what error message are you getting?
Are you trying to send email from one company account to another? Or are you
trying to send email from an outside account to the company, or vice versa?

Without knowing any errors, it's just a guess, but it looks like you're
having DNS issues. Is your ISP providing DNS services for you? If so, have
they added the appropriate A and MX records to their files? If someone tries
to send an email to one of your accounts, they query their DNS server for
the address of yourcompany.com. Once the message gets to your address, your
email server takes care of routing it to the specific recipient.

For example. My SBS has the internal IP address 10.10.10.1. I have a PIX
firewall and set up a static mapping for 10.10.10.1 to our public IP address
1.2.3.4. (I guess/hope this is what you did via forwarding in your firewall
config.) I then have my ISP create the proper A and MX records.
MAIL IN A 1.2.3.4
@ IN MX 10 mail.mycompany.com

You shouldn't have to worry about the syntax, just tell your ISP that you
need A and MX records set up for your address.

Don't worry about the POP3 protocol. SMTP handles that for you.

Hope This Helps

"Koosha" <Koosha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0D33E7C2-0D6C-49E3-9A60-47E560B2BAC4@microsoft.com...

> I'm trying to setup the SBS2003 as our mail/Web server. Below is what i've
> done so far:
>
> -I've got A and MX record (test.domian.com)pointing to the server's IP
> address ( We have a Router and i have forwarded port 110 and 25 and 80 to
> the
> server)
>
> -Then in CEICW i chose "Use DNS..." and "deliver email directly to my
> server"
>
> -I made a certificate which is the same as our MX record (test.domian.com)
>
> -The SMTP connector is correctly setup, again "using DNS to forward
> mails..."
>
> Now, i dont know whats next. I tried to start the POP3 Protocol but it
> doesnt start.Also if i dont need to use POP3 connectors anymore, how do
> the
> incoming emails get routed to the users mailboxes?
>
> I have been trying for 2 days to find a step by step guide for setting up
> exchange mail servers, and had no luck. Even my Microsoft SBS2003 book
> doesnt
> clearly explain the setup.
>
> Can anybody please point me to some sort of an online walk through please?
>
> Sorry for the long thread.
>
> Regards
> Koosha

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