Exchange 2003 aceess with RPC over HTTPS, DNS needed? 1

[tsap]

I have OWA with HTTPS working fine with a public address. I want to change the address to a easy name my users can type in. I want them to be able to type "mail.yoursite.com" into there web browser to access OWA.

What do I need to do DNS wise to make this happen?

 

[ChrisAC]

mail.yoursite.com IN A 11.22.33.44

Chris.

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[tsap]

yes, they currently type in a public address, such as 11.22.33.44, but I want them to type..., mail.yoursite.com to access the OWA.

What do I need to change or setup for that?

 

[ChrisAC]

I've already told you. Map a hostname to the IP address in DNS and then they can use that hostname.

This is what you need in the zone file;

mail.yoursite.com IN A 11.22.33.44

So they would then be able to type in mail.yoursite.com instead of 11.22.33.44.

Chris.


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Chris A.C, CCNA, CCSA
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[tsap]

i'm really new to DNS, what are the steps to do this

 

[ChrisAC]

Do they connect to the public IP address? Who hosts the DNS for your domain?

If your ISP hosts the domain then just ask them to point an A record.

Chris.

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Chris A.C, CCNA, CCSA
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[tsap]

My ISP just gives us internet access. The email and websites are done by a diff company. I have are registered domain names pointing at there name servers. Do I just call the guys that do are email and tell them to make a A record to my public ip to mail.yoursite.com ?

 

[GlenJohnson]

I have OWA with HTTPS working fine with a public address. I want to change the address to a easy name my users can type in. I want them to be able to type "mail.yoursite.com" into there web browser to access OWA.

There is NOTHING you can do short of contacting whoever is doing you e-mail and website and making that same statement.
Unless you can walk up to the dns server and make the changes yourself, you can't do it. Give them a call. Goodluck.

Glen A. Johnson
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