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This instruction is applicable to MX
Exchange 5.5. Procedure: ·
Ask
your ISP(eg. @work or uunet) and
Domain Name register(eg. NIC or registor.com) to add an A record to their DNS Zone file. They need to link your IP address(eg.
216.216.189.195) to your domain name
(eg. www.digital-us.com). It is
necessary to request for a MX record to point to your Email server. You also need the DNS server's IP address
from your ISP. Need both the
primary(eg. @work 24.2.68.33) and the 2ndary IP addresses. These IP addresses will be used later. The
information need to be added to your Zone file on ISP and Domain Name
register's DNS are as follow: §
; §
; Database file digital-us.com.dns for com
zone. §
; Zone version: 6 §
; §
§
@ IN SOA dcs04.digital-us.com. . ( §
6 ; serial number §
3600 ; refresh §
600 ; retry §
86400 ; expire §
3600 ) ; minimum TTL §
§
; §
; Zone NS records §
; §
§
@ NS dcs04.digital-us.com. §
§
; §
; Zone records §
; §
§
@ A 216.216.189.196 §
@ MX 10
mail §
dcs04
A 216.216.189.196 §
mail A 216.216.189.196 §
www A 216.216.189.196 ·
This
file can be found at winnt/system32/DNS folder. It is created by DNS manager. Go to Network properties,
Protocols, TCP/IP: Enter IP address
and subnet (255.255.255.0). Gateway
IP is the SDSL modem(216.216.189.193) or ISDN router's IP address. DNS is the IP's obtained from ISP. If your server also run DNS, then use that
server's IP address as well. Maximum
is three DNS IP's. WINS server is the
internal computer names(such as DCS01, 200mmx) resolving server. Ours is 216.216.189.195 (DCS01). ·
Check
for valid IP's: from Command Prompt, type nslookup <ent>, set type=all
<ent>, digital-us.com to see the IP mappings. Type exit to exit
nslookup. Or simply type nslookup
mail.digital-us.com to see the the result. ·
You
may test the Internet connections by type ping IP(eg 24.2.68.33) to ping the
other server. ·
Install
MS Exchange Administrator from CD.
Create a new site, digital on Server DCS01. ·
Open
MS Exchange Administrator, Configuration/Connection, Create/new others,
choose Internet Mail Service. All
settings should use default settings. ·
Create
Recipient accounts using NT’s Username and password ·
Reboot
NT Some
Problems and solutions…. ·
Can
not receive mails, but can send mails: Check with ISP and Domain name
register to make certain the MX record is correct. ·
Can not open inbox from Outlook Express: reboot
server. ·
Spoofing problem and resolutions: ·
Install firewall and manually accept or
reject the connection requests from other servers or applications. Add
password to all users. Configure Exchange Server Internet Mail Services/Routing Restriction check Hosts and
Clients that successful authenticate.
Setup one server as inbound only, and the other server as outbound
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