dns configuration with .local domain "Edward" <hsmmsc[ at ]hotmail.com> 5/6/2007 10:47:25 AM I want to set up my 2003R2 server DC on a ".local" domain. Using my firewall router, I am also pointing a public ip address using port forwarding on to this machine so that it can take SMTP mail (I have exchange 2003 loaded on this server too). Can anyone direct me to an article that may help me with how to configure this? under my dns mmc, I see the "mydomain.local" is already added. Do I have to add a "mydomain.com" to this? If so, how to configure it? Thanks in advance. --- Ed

Re: dns configuration with .local domain "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> 5/6/2007 1:39:11 PM Edward <hsmmsc[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I want to set up my 2003R2 server DC on a ".local" domain. I'd hope you already had an internal DC for your internal .local domain.... > > Using my firewall router, I am also pointing a public ip address > using port forwarding on to this machine so that it can take SMTP > mail (I have exchange 2003 loaded on this server too). That's fine. > > Can anyone direct me to an article that may help me with how to > configure this? This has nothing to do with your internal DNS. Your public DNS should be handled elsewhere - by your registrar, by your ISP, by whomever you like. They're the ones who create the A record (e.g., mail.mydomain.com) and the MX record(s). > > under my dns mmc, I see the "mydomain.local" is already added. Do I > have to add a "mydomain.com" to this? If so, how to configure it? No.... just configure Exchange to use mydomain.com in its recipient policy, set up the port forwarding (TCP 25 inbound to your Exchange server's LAN IP) and make sure you have a valid MX record configured in the *public* DNS for mydomain.com See http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html for more info on how this works....and try posting future Exchange questions in microsoft.public.exchange.admin. > > Thanks in advance. > > --- > Ed

Re: dns configuration with .local domain "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin[ at ]nospam.WFTX.US> 5/8/2007 4:38:47 AM Read inline please. In news:O9uCxv8jHHA.4008[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl, Edward <hsmmsc[ at ]hotmail.com> typed: [Quoted Text] > I want to set up my 2003R2 server DC on a ".local" domain. > > Using my firewall router, I am also pointing a public ip address > using port forwarding on to this machine so that it can take SMTP > mail (I have exchange 2003 loaded on this server too). > > Can anyone direct me to an article that may help me with how to > configure this? > > under my dns mmc, I see the "mydomain.local" is already added. Do I > have to add a "mydomain.com" to this? If so, how to configure it? You do need a zone for the public name this server will be know as on the internet, for example, exchange.mydomain.com, in that zone create one new host, leave the name field blank and give it the internal IP address of the Exchange server. This is so you can access the server by the same name internally as you do from the internet. This is important if you have purchased a SSL certificate named exchange.mydomain.com, to be clear, create the zone for the same name as the certificate. Then you can open port 443 and forward it to the Exchange server for accessing Outlook Web Access or using Outlook with RPC over HTTPS. You can get a certificate from GoDaddy for $20 which is really inexpensive. -- Best regards, Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] Hope This Helps Send IM: http://www.icq.com/people/webmsg.php?to=296095728 =================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue, to respond directly to me remove the nospam. from my email address. =================================== http://www.lonestaramerica.com/ http://support.wftx.us/ http://message.wftx.us/ =================================== Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix: It will strip signature out and more http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ =================================== Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders with OEBackup: http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx ===================================