Help setting up a .com email address

[josh0227]

I just set up exchange 2003 in a server-client test environment. Everything is going ok, except for I am unsure as to how to send an email to my address. How do I set it up so that I can send an email to a .com address?

Example, exchangetestserver@something.com

 

[adcfaq]

u need to work on RUS(receipt update serveice) in ESM console.

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[adcfaq]

sorry, not clear, the smtp email address.

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[josh0227]

So, if my domain name is generic.local, and I set up an exchange account in AD, named johndoe, would I send an email to johndoe@generic.local?

 

[adcfaq]

AD domain name and Exchange smtp domain are two things, that's why u need RUS to have email sending to johndoe@urcomany.com

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[WhoKilledKenny]

In you DNS Server, create a Zone and an MX record that resolves mail.yourcompany.com to the IP Address of your SMTP server. Then create a recipent policy in Exchange that points the SMTP policy to @yourcompany.com. In ADUC, for any user, go to the E-mail Addresses tab and check the "Automatically update e-mail addresses based on recipient policy." What this will do is take the users logon name and prepend it to the address (jdoe@yourcompany.com) Does not matter what your AD name is. Two things must be in place for this to happen. The user must have a mailbox and you are using the ADUC that is supplied on the exchange CD.
This is not the only way to do this as there are many ways to skin a cat, but I think you will find this helpful.

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

Clarification - yourcompany.com is the new zone, mail is the hostname for the MX record.