Re: Need help setting up mail service on w2k3 Enterprise server

From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:12:35 GMT

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:15:01 -0800, "thunder2232"
<thunder2232@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a small network, hosting my own domain. At this time the network
>consisits of 1 W2K3 Enterprise Server (which is my Domain Controller) and 1
>Win XP workstation. AD is setup and fully functional. My connection to the
>outside world is through a LinkSys router with DSL connection. I am able to
>access Internet with no problems. My ISP provides me with static IP addresses.
>
>The problem I am having is setting up the mail service on my server. I have
>done this successfully in a classroom environment, but that was not connected
>to the outside world. My ISP has setup an MX pointer for my domain, but no
>mail will come through to my server. I have opened ports 25 & 110 on my
>router, but to no avail.

You would need mto define "no mail will come through" a little better
for anyone to diagnose it.

>Do I need to setup a seperate server in a DMZ and run mail service there? If
>so, can someone help guide me through the process? If I don't need the DMZ,
>can someone help with the setup on my one lonely server?

You don't need a DMZ, though you need to configure the Linksys
properly and make sure your ISP isn't blocking SMTP/Port 25. Also
look at:

HOW TO: Test SMTP Services Manually in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323350

Jeff

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