Accessing internet mail

[apishko]

This is my first time setting up an Exchange server so I have a few questions? First of all I am setting this up for a small company with limited resources so I am running the exchange server on the same box as the PDC, which I know really shouldn't be done. Because this is my PDC it has a static ip address, in order for me to connect to a mail server hosted at an ISP, do I have to install another NIC card configured for dynamic ip. Secondly what would be my settings for incoming and outgoing mail. Would I use the address of the mail server at the ISP for the incoming and the ip of the PDC as the outgoing? Any help is much appreciated.

 

[LaforcE]

Humm ...

I dont understand ... Is this about an Exchange Server ? If yes, why do you need to connect to an external Mail server ... If you already have one internal ?

And, yes you can add another NIC to your server, but that will be an host reallllly exposed to hacking, directly on the internet. It gonna be a big lack of security.

Or you can simply keep you static IP (on a private range) and add a router who gonna do NAT and PAT. With the PAT (Port Address Translation) youll be able to keep your internal adress, and its gonna add a LITTLE more security.

Youll only have to said to your router, if a resquest from internet come from port 25 in exemple, forward it to the internal exchange server...

Good luck. But just be aware of security issue ... If its a PDC, all the account stored in it will be on the front ...

Ouch ...

- Security is a never ending job.