jeffuk123
Mon Sep 26 15:11:02 CDT 2005
Thanks John again
"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> Glad to hear you are making progress. Looks as though the Default Recip
> Policy is working so we may have to turn on some Monitoring to see why
> Internal Mail is not working. Here is link to get you started
> troubleshooting,
>
>
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange_Server_2003_Message_Flow.html
>
>
> --
> John Oliver, Jr.
> MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP
> Microsoft Certified Partner
>
> "jeffuk123" <jeffuk123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CD3793C1-3097-45FD-9AEB-DD70D4DC0DD9@microsoft.com...
> > John
> >
> > The email addresses are username@purplezebra.org.uk
> >
> > In the meantime, I have discovered the router is faulty also. Power to it
> > is
> > intermittent and it keeps losing a connection. So what I am going to do is
> > acquire a new router. However, your advice and that of others, has been
> > incredibly helpful and very useful, and I have taken this onboard.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
> > John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Go to a user in ADUC- right click Properties. Select the Email Addresses
> >> Tab. What SMTP addresses are showing?
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Oliver, Jr.
> >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP
> >> Microsoft Certified Partner
> >>
> >> "jeffuk123" <jeffuk123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:BA71E011-BE0A-446A-9E7B-060ED9C144ED@microsoft.com...
> >> > Thanks again John,
> >> >
> >> > 1) Basically, when sending mail internally to each other through
> >> > Outlook,
> >> > no
> >> > NDR messages have appeared in any users inbox. We can send mail
> >> > externally
> >> > to
> >> > the Internet. Is there a particular process to setup NDR or is it set
> >> > to
> >> > default, should we be receiving NDRs automatically? If we can receive
> >> > NDRs
> >> > then I can check the error codes etc which appear and take it from
> >> > there.
> >> >
> >> > 2) My last question, as we have our email addresses set as
> >> > username@purplezebra.org.uk. (which is our internet domain name) and we
> >> > have
> >> > the internal domain name as servername.purplezebra.local. Is there
> >> > anything
> >> > else to setup for internal emailing addressing, or should AD as you
> >> > mentioned
> >> > earlier figure this out itself?
> >> >
> >> > Anyway, so far it basically looks like from the excellent advice you
> >> > have
> >> > given, we need to configure port forwarding on the router and ensure MX
> >> > records are ok. It's just the internal mail to sort out.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your help
> >> > Jeff
> >> >
> >> > "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> 1. Yes.
> >> >> 2. Yes.
> >> >> 3. Its optional in this case. It will work fine without entering
> >> >> Extenal
> >> >> DNS Servers.
> >> >> 4. Yes.
> >> >> 5. Yes.
> >> >>
> >> >> As for internal emails not being sent, what NDR are you recieving?
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> John Oliver, Jr.
> >> >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP
> >> >> Microsoft Certified Partner
> >> >>
> >> >> "jeffuk123" <jeffuk123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:9AF467BF-C575-4C18-9F07-AE9A5126F3F0@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > Many thanks guys for all your help. Always first class.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > So basically please let me clarify, it is a question of:--
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 1) Setup MX records to point to mail.purplezebra.org.uk (Internet
> >> >> > domain
> >> >> > name) and A record to point to the public ip address of
> >> >> > 84.................
> >> >> > at the ISP
> >> >> > 2) Setup recipient policy in exchange with Internet domain name and
> >> >> > ensure
> >> >> > user email addresses use that name
> >> >> > 3) Configure an external DNS ip address for the smtp virtual server
> >> >> > 4) Add external dns addresses in the DNS console forwarders tab
> >> >> > 5) Configure the firewall router to forward ports and that is it!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > For point 3 above, can we use any external DNS ip address, such as
> >> >> > that
> >> >> > provided on the router by our ISP?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Why do some websites advise on creating an smtp connector and do not
> >> >> > demonstrate adding external DNS ip addresses in the smtp virtual
> >> >> > server?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Finally, DNS works fine in AD, there are no problems in the event
> >> >> > log
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > netdiag and dcdiag run fine with no probs, is there any reason why
> >> >> > internal
> >> >> > emails cannot be sent or received. In the meantime, the appropriate
> >> >> > ports
> >> >> > still need setting up on the router and MX records are still going
> >> >> > through
> >> >> > the registration process.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Many thanks again and kind regards to you all,
> >> >> > Jeff
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Here is great article explaining how to host your own SMTP mail
> >> >> >> server
> >> >> >> using
> >> >> >> Exchange, please post back if you have any more questions after
> >> >> >> reading.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> John Oliver, Jr.
> >> >> >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP
> >> >> >> Microsoft Certified Partner
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "jeffuk123" <jeffuk123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:0894080B-9F29-47FF-A470-690A047ABA4C@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >> > Hi everyone,
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I'm relatively new to exchange 2003. Basically, I have set up a
> >> >> >> > new
> >> >> >> > server
> >> >> >> > at a new company I work for (there are only 4 staff at present),
> >> >> >> > we
> >> >> >> > have
> >> >> >> > set
> >> >> >> > up a single domain controller with Windows server 2003 and
> >> >> >> > exchange
> >> >> >> > 2003
> >> >> >> > under the name purplezebra.local. We are currently registering an
> >> >> >> > internet
> >> >> >> > domain name as purplezebra.org.uk (this one is still going
> >> >> >> > through
> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> > registration process).
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Recipient policies in exchange 2003 are set as purplezebra.local
> >> >> >> > and
> >> >> >> > purplezebra.org.uk, with purplezebra.org.uk set as the primary
> >> >> >> > email
> >> >> >> > address,
> >> >> >> > and all user email addresses in AD being
> >> >> >> > username@purplezebra.org.uk.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > The smtp virtual server settings in exchange have been left to
> >> >> >> > default,
> >> >> >> > and
> >> >> >> > an smtp connector has been created for outbound mail. The General
> >> >> >> > tab
> >> >> >> > shows
> >> >> >> > 'use DNS to route to each address space on this connector' as our
> >> >> >> > own
> >> >> >> > server
> >> >> >> > in the local bridgeheads window. For the 'Address Space' tab, it
> >> >> >> > shows
> >> >> >> > smtp
> >> >> >> > as the 'type' with an address of * and a cost of 1. These are the
> >> >> >> > default
> >> >> >> > settings.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > The DNS forwarders tab in Active Directory, has been added with
> >> >> >> > external
> >> >> >> > ip
> >> >> >> > addresses the same as seen on our netgear adsl broadband router,
> >> >> >> > these
> >> >> >> > are
> >> >> >> > something like 195.......... and 195......
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Our public ip address is 84.............
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > We have opened the appropiate ports on the netgear firewall
> >> >> >> > router.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Basically, my questions are:-
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > -Can anyone go through the process for me of setting this up OR
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > -Is there anything else to setup in exchange, is it right?
> >> >> >> > -How do we configure MX records at the ISP end, does the MX
> >> >> >> > record
> >> >> >> > point
> >> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> > our
> >> >> >> > public ip address, is there anything else?
> >> >> >> > -Can mail still be delivered internally even though the MX
> >> >> >> > records
> >> >> >> > are
> >> >> >> > not
> >> >> >> > configured at the ISP end yet?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > The thing is, I can't find info anywhere that goes through all
> >> >> >> > this.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Many thanks and kind regards to all,
> >> >> >> > Jeff
> >> >> >>
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