A Dynamic IP is OK. Just be sure to route external email through your ISP's SMTP relay as your server's Smart Host.
Otherwise you will find yourself suspectable to Dynamic/Residential IP blacklisting via many DNSBLs. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:58 PM, MarvinC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back when I was just learning this I used a service called TZO that allowed > you to use a dynamic IP. I used it for publishing my web and mail servers. > There are some free dynamic DNS providers so I'd start with them first. > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Some options: > > > > > > > > a) Dynamic DNS is one option (but it does mean that servers might > attempt to deliver mail to your old IP address until the DNS updates/caches > are updated) > > > > b) Have a hosting company receive your mail, then use some tool (like > the POP3 connector in SBS) to download mail from those mailboxes to your > local Exchange server > > > > c) Get a static IP address > > > > d) Look at hosted Exchange, and remove the local Exchange box. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, 31 March 2008 11:51 AM > > > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > > > > Subject: RE: Host an email server > > Sent: Monday, 31 March 2008 11:51 AM > > > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > > > > Subject: RE: Host an email server > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This begs the question: How do you host an Exchange server without a > static IP address? > > > > > > > > Dave Lum - Systems Engineer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 > > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: MarvinC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:20 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Host an email server > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Host an email server > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just taking a shot here: > > > > > > First it depends on the firewall you're using because you'll use it to > publish smtp and any additional ports. Next decide what type of server set > up you want, ie a single exchange server or an OWA front end with a separate > exchange back end. You also "may" want to set up a certificate authority on > the DC in your internal network and create a cert for the "mail". You don't > have to but you "may" want to obtain a static IP from your ISP and assign it > to the external port on your firewall. Then get with your ISP or whoever > will manage your MX records. Once installed you should be able to send email > from your server by default. You'll have to allow propagation before you can > receive. That's the small of it unless you need to set up a special SMTP > connector. > > > > > > I've done this in the past using ISA 2004 and am in the process of moving > from ISA to a Cisco ASA device. I'd like to keep ISA and set it behind the > Cisco device so that I can set up a separate linux mail server using a > different static IP but I'm not that knowledgeable with Cisco yet. > > > > > > There's an exchange list you can post to along with an ISA list, if you > have that software to use. > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > www.msexchange.org > > > > > > http://www.isaserver.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > hth & gl > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:42 PM, David W. McSpadden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I have an Exchange 2003 server for my intranet. I pay someone else $1 an > account to host my Internet email. > > > > > > I would like to cut out the middle man. What books or links can I read to > become that guy that hosts his own Internet/intranet email?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
