Internet domain vs. Intranet domain

[rwhall51]

I also posted this in the Exchange 2003 forum. I need help

I am setting up an Exchange 2003 server to replace a Mitel mail server. I also am setting up a Win2003 DC. Let's say that my company's domain name is ourcompany.com and the current email server is "mail". The only hosting I do here is email, and the current domain setup within the company is ourcompany.com. I want to change the domain internally to our.com to that we can run IIS internally and not have problems with the ourcompany.com. But the email will still need to be mail.ourcompany.com. Can I still send and receive mail for ourcompany.com through Exchange 2003 if the Exchange server is in the our.com domain? Sorry if this is confusing. Thanks for any help you might have.

 

[karmic]

You do not need to set up a .com domain, that will cause confusion. you can use the .local domain name and still have all the benefits of exchange and a domain.

Ourcompany.com would be used if you host your own dns and webservers for example. ourcompany.local is used internally.

When your workstations log into the domain, you will still see "ourcompany" in the domain logon screen.

~ K.I.S.S - Don't make it any more complex than it has to be ~

 

[rwhall51]

Thanks for the help. I work on that.