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Jeff Teel
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:45 am Post subject:
Tips For Configuring Exchange |
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I'm doing some homework for configuring my Exchange Server to have it's own
domain name and be able to send/receive mail with a FQDN. Can someone direct
me to some information on what steps to take to be able to have mail come
directly to Exchange? I have done some reading about this but I want to be
sure to have a good understanding before I get started with this.
I am concerned about what will happen to the mail that is sent to me if my
mail server is down for some reason. Will it be lost or will the sending
server try to send it again after so long?
Thanks
Jeff |
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Susan Bradley, CPA aka Eb
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:45 am Post subject:
Re: Tips For Configuring Exchange |
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Run the wizard... and if you need a backup mail...just have something
like TZO.com [but honestly I've never had a server outage for that long]
Jeff Teel wrote:
| Quote: | I'm doing some homework for configuring my Exchange Server to have it's own
domain name and be able to send/receive mail with a FQDN. Can someone direct
me to some information on what steps to take to be able to have mail come
directly to Exchange? I have done some reading about this but I want to be
sure to have a good understanding before I get started with this.
I am concerned about what will happen to the mail that is sent to me if my
mail server is down for some reason. Will it be lost or will the sending
server try to send it again after so long?
Thanks
Jeff
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:45 am Post subject:
Re: Tips For Configuring Exchange |
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Jeff Teel wrote:
| Quote: | I'm doing some homework for configuring my Exchange Server to have
it's own domain name and be able to send/receive mail with a FQDN.
Can someone direct me to some information on what steps to take to be
able to have mail come directly to Exchange? I have done some reading
about this but I want to be sure to have a good understanding before
I get started with this.
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You will want to run the CEICW to set this up, but I applaud your desire to
understand how it works before relying on a wizard.
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html is a very good tutorial.
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I am concerned about what will happen to the mail that is sent to me
if my mail server is down for some reason. Will it be lost or will
the sending server try to send it again after so long?
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Well, most SMTP servers will retry delivery for X days (usually 3 or so),
but the sender will get a 'delayed' message returned to them. I like to set
up another MX record (higher cost) that points elsewhere - to someone else's
server that is configured to store&forward mail destined for your server -
queue it up & make redelivery attempts for X days. I often use MailHop
BackupMX from www.dyndns.org as it's inexpensive & works well.
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Aus
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:29 pm Post subject:
RE: Tips For Configuring Exchange |
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Hi,
I would recommend that you get an ISP that assigns you a static IP and runs
a backup mail queue. The ones I use always do this - what this means is that
the MX record for you points to your local Exchange server and also the IPSs
mail holding server (with a lower preference) ; if your server is unavailable
for whatever reason the mail goes to the ISP who holds your mail. When you
come back online its forwarded to you. This is better than having all the
sending servers re-try their sends etc. as the mail may bounce back as
undeliverable - though these timeouts tend to be quite long (hours or days).
Aus.
"Jeff Teel" wrote:
| Quote: | I'm doing some homework for configuring my Exchange Server to have it's own
domain name and be able to send/receive mail with a FQDN. Can someone direct
me to some information on what steps to take to be able to have mail come
directly to Exchange? I have done some reading about this but I want to be
sure to have a good understanding before I get started with this.
I am concerned about what will happen to the mail that is sent to me if my
mail server is down for some reason. Will it be lost or will the sending
server try to send it again after so long?
Thanks
Jeff
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Jeff Teel
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject:
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Thanks to Lanwench, Susan and Aus
I appreciate everyone's input and the link from MSExchange.org has been an
asset as well. I will be meeting with my ISP to discuss their policy for MX.
I currently have a static IP address with my service so that hurdle has been
taken care of. I will just need to register a domain name and I should be
set.
Thanks Again for all of your input
Jeff
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| Quote: | I'm doing some homework for configuring my Exchange Server to have it's
own domain name and be able to send/receive mail with a FQDN. Can someone
direct me to some information on what steps to take to be able to have
mail come directly to Exchange? I have done some reading about this but I
want to be sure to have a good understanding before I get started with
this.
I am concerned about what will happen to the mail that is sent to me if my
mail server is down for some reason. Will it be lost or will the sending
server try to send it again after so long?
Thanks
Jeff
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