Use Exchange for DDNS email retrieval 1

[wahnula]

Hello,

I am a relative newcomer to SBS (one year since swap from NT 4.0), but do have my network set up and humming along, working great with a clean bill of health every morning. SBS2003 Premium SP1 (all updates too), ISA not installed (yet), 2 NICs, VPN/Router, Dynamic broadband IP address, Sharepoint upgraded to SQL instance, no remote access at the moment.

All 8 clients download their email locally through POP3 (NOT SBS' POP3 connector) and it is stored in their Exchange mailboxes.

What I am trying to gather is a process/steps/approach/documentation on migrating from this setup scheme to one where Exchange receives and distributes mail forwarded from my Internet domain (mail.mydomain.com) through a DDNS service (Tzo)directly to the Exchange box. I have access to my website's Control Panel and can set up Email Domain Forwarding myself. I also have a second FQDN set up and ready to go.

Of course ISA will be in full swing before an of this is implemented. As I said I am still in the information gathering stage so any and all input will be appreciated on how to best go about this improvement. I would like to have a fully documented checklist assembled before I go monkeying around with a perfectly good working system!!!

Thanks all.

Tony

 

[dotobi]

all you will have to set up on your domain's web admin page is one pop3 account that all mail goes to (a catchall account). Then the pop3 connector downloads all the emails via that account and disributes the e-mail to the relevent users.

For Example:
If User John Smith has the email address JSmith@domain.com, exchange will check email coming in through the catchall account and distribute it to his mailbox.

I'm not sure of any good documents out there for intructions (anyone else?).

Once that's done, you can look at thread955-1240238. See markdmac's comments on configurinig your mail to be delivered directly to your exchange server without having to wait for pop3's intermitent checks.

Thanks

 

[wahnula]

Thanks for the reply, dotobi. I really wanted to avoid the POP3 connector. My goal is to forward the email from the domain's mailserver (I can do this in CPanel)to another, second FQDN and then through Tzo's DDNS service to my Exchange box which will then distribute the mail.

I know it can be done, I am looking for guidelines and documentation.

Tony

 

[milesy]

Hi Wahnula.

I currently have a SBS2003 STD box and no static IP so I use DDNS. All I did was ask the people how host one of our web sites to update there DNS server so when mail is sent to

http://www.ABC.com

it will be redirected to the namespace servers at DDNS. It took about 3 hours for the change to take affect. Everything has worked realy well ever since.
If you need and more help please just ask. Hope this is what you were looking for.

Craig Miles, CCNA

 

[wahnula]

so when mail is sent to

http://www.ABC.com

it will be redirected to the namespace servers at DDNS

How did you get Exchange to recognize my Internet address (Tony@abclandscaping.com) when it only knows me as Tony@abc.local? The local domain and my web presence domain have two different domain addresses. I can set up the forwarder myself.

Tony

 

[SkreeM]

In order to get it to recognise your internet domain you run the internet connection wizard in the server administration console, one of the questions is what is your internet domain name. Another is to let exchange recieve your mail, which makes sure that the firewall should be open for inbound mail.

Skr

 

[wahnula]

Thanks. I thought it would be in the "Configure Everything" wizard.

Tony