Re: Advice needed - running Exchange

Yes they can...
In Outlook you would simply import these files into the mailbox

You will want to keep both the exchange and isp accounts in there for a
bit...just to make sure mail doesn't get lost if you have issues with the
DNS records

you can always check your own dns records at www.dnsrports.com


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"Mike" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Cris,

This is beginning to make sense to me. Currently all of my users are set
up
with POP type e-mail accounts on Outlook 2003 and point to the ISP's
servers.
When I change this, I believe I will need to create new accounts with the
Exchange mailbox. What will happen with the existing .pst files, can they
be
incorporated in to the new mail file?

Thanks,

Mike


"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Mike
No, you don't need to the second nic....
Keep your setup as is. Make sure the following ports are forwarded from
the router to your nic
25, 443, 444, 4125

You say you have a static IP...thats great
You'll need to have your ISP create two additional DNS records for your
domain.
One is an A record with lets you create a "name" for connecting to your
server's static IP like mail.domainname.com OR remote.domainname.com
....whatever you like

You'll also need a MX record that then points to this A record MX
records
have priorities have him change current record priority to 30 and make
the
priority for your record to 0. Once your ISP has done this:
Run the Connect to Email and the Internet Wizard on SBS
Choose Fulltime Broadband connection as your connection type
you'll be ask for your domain name this is the simple domainname.com
(or
..org...or whatever)
you'll also be asks for the url for self signed certificate this is
whatever you created for the A record...i.e. mail.domainname.com

You'll need to make sure that outlook profiles are set up for Exchange
and
delivery is set to the Exchange mailbox, not to a Personal Folder

Hope this helps

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"Mike" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mike,

This is great information. I currently only have one NIC in my SBS
server
with an IP of 192.168.1.6, and it sits behind my firewall with all my
other
machines. I have a static IP with my ISP, do I need another NIC on my
SBS
server, or can I just use the one.

Thanks,
Mike


"Mike Webb" wrote:

It should work fine. The CEICW wizard is a big help. There is also
some
great resources at smallbizserver.net on how to do this. Here's what
I
did:

Internal NIC: 192.168.16.2
External NIC: 192.168.1.10
Router: 192.168.1.1
On the router I forwarded port 25 to my server (192.168.1.10). [There
are
also other ports you'll want; do a search on this NG for threads that
discuss it.]

On the external NIC > Properties, set the SUbnet Mask and Default
Gateway
(should be your router IP), and your Preferred DNS server (I have mine
set
to the Internal NIC IP). Click on the Advanced tab and then WINS and
disable
NetBIOS.
On the internal NIC, leave the default gateway BLANK!!

On my router, I have a dynamic IP with the ISP. It's a very simple
router,
but the setup screens made it easy for this
"not-quite-a-bona-fide-techie".
I seem to remember setting the ISP's DNS server's in the setup, and
the
IP
of the router, and it reached out and made the connection for me.
Then
CEICW in SBS did the rest.
As a lesson learned, you might want to use a DNS server that is NOT at
the
ISP. I ahd some DNS problems and it turned out it was the DNS servers
at
the ISP. Now I set 1 IP to the ISP and the other to 4.2.2.1 (a
commonly
used DNS server 'out there').

As always, keep asking questions. The people on this NG are really
good
about helping those of us who are still learning or are stumped.
Lastly,
I'm certainly no expert, so it would be nice to get the opinion's of
others
on this issue. Good luck!

Mike

"Mike" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mike,
Thanks so much, still encouraged. I'm not exactly sure where to go
next.
I need to figure out how to get this setup and working. I believe I
have
exchange mailboxes for all my users, but I don't know exactly how to
make
the
connection with the ISP. Do I just open port 25 on my firewall and
point
it
to my SBS server?

I found docs on MS Exchange Server web site about migrating from
other
flavors of Exchange or other mail programs, but not how to make the
proper
connection via our ISP.

My network is behind a Linksys Firewall, and my SBS Server has
192.168
IP
address, will this cause problems?

Thanks for your help!

Mike

"Mike Webb" wrote:

100 GB is more than enough. We've been on Exchange about a year
and
are
only up to 4.7 GB - and our staff saves EVERYTHING. Granted, we
only
have 6
people, but that'd still only be about 30 GB for your 35 people.
For
long
term storage/growth, 100 GB is probably good.

As for POP, I kept it for a bit as a backup. Once we felt
confortable,
I
cut
it off. One thing I did, on the recommendation from others on this
NG,
was
get a mail backup. I use dyndns.org. Great company. The only
thing
I've
got at the ISP is our website.

Let me know if you ahve other questions.
Mike

"Mike" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is encouraging so far. I am running SBS 2003 Premium, and I
set
aside a
100G partition for Exchange, do you think that will be good
enough?
Also,
do
you use the POP3 Connector to you ISP?

Thanks,

Mike


"Mike Webb" wrote:

I agree. I also work for a small nonprofit. We run SBS 2003
Premium
and
I
mad ehte switch to do our own email. Very little extra work.
SBS
makes
it
easy. I'd recommend doing it.

Mike Webb

"Mike" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I work for a small non-profit and we run SBS 2003 which has
Exchange
2003
installed. We currently are not using Exchange, our e-mail is
hosted
by
our
ISP. My boss wants to have outlook 2003 shared calendaring
functionality,
and I told him that was only available if we run Exchange.
He's
concerned
about us hosting our own e-mail. I'm the only IT guy (35
employees
in
the
organization) and he is worried about how much time it would
take
to
administer Exchange.

What would you suggest? I guess there are some 3rd party
tools
for
sharing
Outlook calendars, but I see additional benefits with Exchange
(OWA,
etc).
I
also posted this on the Exchange Server newsgroup too, but
figured
this
might
be the better place.

Thanks,

Mike















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