Tony
Fri Apr 29 20:25:41 CDT 2005
Hello aus.
Thanks for the detailed and obviously in depth reply. Give me some time to
digest all of this.
Thanks again,
Tony
"aus" <aus@aus.net> wrote in message
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>
> Sending Mail
> ------------
>
> Using 'Use DNS to route mail' Or 'forward all email to email server at
> ISP' means that you can *either* send mail directly to the recipients
> mail system (the server uses DNS to look up the address of the users
> mail server) OR you can send all mail to your ISP and they forward it on
> for you - this is also often called using a 'smart host' (ie. the server
> at your ISP that forwards on the mail for you).
>
> Generally I always set to send mail using DNS but some ISPs may not
> actually let you - they block the Port used by your Exchange mail server
> (this is to stop spammers etc) If you want to send via your ISP they
> will give you the IP adress of their smart host - ask them and type the
> address in.
>
> ------------------
> You can check if you can use DNS to route email yourself - just manually
> run a Telnet command that simulates a connection - to any mail server in
> the world. If you get a response then you can say Yes to using DNS to
> route email (i.e. if this option were blocked by your ISP you would not
> get a response to the test:)
>
> ie. Start/Run/ type: CMD /ok
>
> (this starts a DOS prompt)
>
> Type: telnet mail.bbc.co.uk 25 (return)
>
>
> This will connect to the BBCs mail server (picked at random - you could
> use any of the millions of companies that use email) and should greet
> you with a connection message like:
>
> "220 gateg.kw.bbc.co.uk ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.2/8.11.2; Fri, 29 Apr 2005
> 00:31:05 0100 (BST)"
>
> You can say hello and it will greet you:
>
> Type: helo test.com (return) - deliberate hello spelt wrongly!
>
> It will reply simalr to:
>
> "250 gateg.kw.bbc.co.uk Hello 181-18-89-19.dsl.pipe.com [181.18.89.19],
> pleased to meet you"
>
>
> This means that you can deliver mail using DNS OK!
> ----------------------------------------
>
> If you get no response or a timeout error then you can not use the 'Use
> DNS to route..' option. Instead get the IP address of the smart host
> from your ISP and type it in the "Email Server" box.
>
>
> Receiving Mail
> --------------
>
> "E-mail is delivered directly to my server" is only used if you have an
> SMTP mail setup with your ISP (they give you a fixed IP address and
> publish your mail server name in DNS effectily). Here your mail server
> receives mail directly from the sender - just like say the BBC example
> does (i.e. any PC in the world could connect to you and send their
> mail). This SMTP setup is usually an extra cost option with most ISPs
> (check if you are setup for SMTP mail).
>
> "Email held at ISP until my server sends a signal" is where all mail is
> queued at your ISP for you - Exchange then periodically connects and
> requests the mail download using SMTP by sending a command. Here your
> ISP supplies you with the name of their server. This isnt used too often
> these days for installs I see.
>
>
> Third option: You say you have POP3 already which is a slighly simpler
> alternate way to receive mail so this is what you would use. Here your
> ISPs mail server holds all your mail until you connect to it and
> download it using POP3. In this case you select 'Use the Microsoft
> Connector for POP3'
>
> The Exchange POP3 connector goes off and sends your username(s) and
> password(s) to your ISP and downloads the mail (similar to say how
> Outlook Express would work). You setup the user names/passwords later in
> the setup.
>
>
> See if that makes any sense!
>
>
>
>
> Tony Girgenti wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to run the wizard to connect to the internet especially for
Exchange.
> > I'm not sure about some of the questions.
> >
> > We have a domain name registered and hosted by our ISP. We get pop3
e-mail
> > from them without a problem.
> >
> > I don't know how to answer the wizard when it asks to "Use DNS to route
> > e-mail" or "Forward all e-mail to e-mail server at your ISP"
> >
> > Next question is "E-amil is delivered directly to my server" or "Email
held
> > at ISP until my server sends a signal".
> >
> > How do i determine the answers to these questions and what do i ask my
ISP
> > to get the answers to these questions.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tony
> >
> >