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Cannot e-mail from the Internet?
I am running SBS 2003 with Exchange and my problem is that I mortxxx.dellserver.local an FQDN that is. My DNS is a static DNS given to my by my ISP provider. I can e-mail from the Internet and the Internet can receive between different users, but I cannot e-mail from the Internet. I doamin www.mortxxx.com have a name, hosted by godaddy.com … what am I doing wrong? I'm pretty sure I have to configure MX records and add a virtual server, but I know exactly how this should happen.
Well, let's assume that you ran the wizards rightly Exchange possible, internet, etc. If you have, you can send out of e-mails all day, but you never returned, even by saving "reply". Your internal e-mails through Outlook works fine, sending and receiving, but external mail send but not receive. 1. Ensure that all appropriate ports open on your router. You need 80, 443-445, 110 and 25 at a minimum to open. We often add 1723 and 3389. U want the router to each of these ports to lead to internal IP address of your server. 2. You must create both a host (A) record and an MX record on the Internet (via GoDaddy, because that is your registrar). Make mail.mortxxx.com the host address and point to the public, static IP – address of your router. Make mail.mortxxx.com your MX record. 3. To reduce "evidence errors', you must re-run of the e-mail and web-wizard to install a certificate for mail.mortxxx.com (that the public will dns "name" of your server). This is not an essential step. 4. Once your A and MX records are set, the one time spread over the Internet (2-3 days used by default. The last time was taking as little as 15 minutes). Go to DNSstuff.com or a similar site and search for the MX record of your domain. When the show begins, you good to go. 5. Test by opening a command prompt and typing "telnet mail.mortxxx.com 25. This will telnet to your server on port 25. You get a message stating you have an Exchange server hit. That's you. 6. You do not create a virtual server. SBS is a default virtual SMTP server for you. You can check this by using Exchange System Manager. Assuming you ran the wizard correctly, you have forwarded port on the router properly and your MX records correctly, you should up and running fine. If not, give us a call. We install on an SBS daily basis.