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Configuration of Exchange 2003 Server

Configure your new Exchange 2003 server for getting the Internet e-mail as like XYZcon mail POP3 e-mail is not a difficult task to do, if you are just follow this step by step mentioned configuration.

In fact, there are only four steps:

1. Add your recipient’s Internet domain name strategy

2. SMTP server configured for inbound e-mail

3. Adding a SMTP connector for outbound e-mail

4. Configuration the user e-mail address

This is how to do configuration Exchange 2003 Server to receive e-mail mycompany.com and XYZcon:

First install the software CD. You may have to return to the “Add / Remove Software” utility in Control Panel to add NNTP support if you have not done so in the initial installation of the Windows installation. And then open the Exchange System Manager and configure the new Exchange installation.

1. Add your recipient’s Internet domain name strategy.

Open Exchange System Manager. In order to enable the Exchange to accept e-mail for additional domains like your internet domain name of the domain name you need to add the default recipient policy like this: The main tree group in Exchange System Manager Expand the tree “Recipients” and then click the “strategy of the recipient.” These policies will be displayed in the right panel. Under normal circumstances, only the “default” policy would be: Open the properties of “default strategy”, double-click it: In the default strategy for attributes tab select the “E – mail address.” There, you’ll see a list of domain in support of your Exchange Server. Usually only your internal Active Directory domain server will be listed here: Select “New …” here to add additional domains to receive inbound mails. As a result of the Internet e-mail sent through the SMTP protocol, we have to add an “SMTP Address”: Now enter the domain name to receive e-mail. Please add a leading “@” domain name. This is our e-mail access to support to@mycompany.com:

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2. SMTP server configured inbound e-mail

Next, we will do the SMTP server configuration. This is part of the Exchange to accept incomming e-mail POPcon. There is no need to set up a special POPcon, but the standard settings, in any case: You will find the SMTP server settings under the server / protocol / the SMTP / Default SMTP Virtual Server. Open the properties, right-click the default SMTP virtual server, and select “Properties”: Settings tab on the “General” can usually be left to default. xyzcon only with a standard SMTP connection the need for certification, thus allowing for “anonymous access” in the “certification” of the dialog box: Select “Connections” grant or deny the right to connect to the SMTP server to single or multiple IP address ranges. Make sure that the system does not run right XYZcon connection for granted. Use this setting all the system will be able to access your SMTP server: According to “Relay …” you can specify the right to relay through your SMTP server systems. This may require some configuration, and make sure that you should give the system the right to run the relay XYZcon. All other systems will need to authenticate SMTP server before the visit in order to prevent unauthorized users from junk e-mail forwarding using the system: In the “messages” tab, you can restrict message size and quantity of information of every aspect of acceptance. Make sure these settings are free enough to XYZcon to the big e-mail to your server. In addition, in this tab you can choose an internal copy of the recipient’s other non-delivery report. Those of the NDR will be sent back to send a message to the recipient unknown in your Exchange Server, including an original e-mail. You can use these Post a copy of the NDR manually sent to the e-mail the recipient the correct user errors. Under the label “rescue” some of the more outgoing mail configuration settings can be found:

3. Add SMTP connector outbound e-mail

Right-click the “connector” in the Exchange System Manager and select the “new”, “the SMTP connector” and began to add a new connector, and an appropriate name (such as “SMTP of the” Our circumstances): “General” tab now, you can choose weather Exchange will be outgoing mail directly to the recipient system ( “Use DNS …”) or if all of the e-mail through the SMTP relay should relayes server (” smart host “). The first option, DNS, it is more direct, but sometimes may cause problems when you use a dial-up Internet connection, because some recipient systems will not accept e-mail from your ISP’s dial-up and pretend that IP range from Internet domain name you really. Send through your ISP’s smart host / SMTP relay server is a better choice, in this case. If your ISP’s SMTP server requires authentication (and almost all of today) you can set the user name and password of the “Advanced” tab of the SMTP connector. Select the “Outbound Security”:

4. Users to configure your e-mail address in Active Directory

You can assign here exchange mailbox to the domain user according to your needed. You would have to go to domain user properties and add here your Exchange Mail server entries.