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by ilovenetworking 1 view

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Hi,

I have 2 windows 2000 servers. I have a full T1 point to point link between SERVERB and SERVERA. Server A is connected to the Internet via T1.
I have a registered domain name NIEENTERPRISES.COM - DNS for NIEENTERPRISES.COM is hosted externally. The local sub-domain for NIEENTERPRISES.COM on SERVERA is called CHICAGO.NIEENTERPRISES.COM and the local sub-domain for SERVERB is called NEWYORK.NIEENTERPRISES.COM
I have an Exchangee 2000 server installed on SERVERA (SERVERA.CHICAGO.NIEENTERPRISES.COM)and I have an Exchange 2000 server intalled on SERVER(SERVERB.CHICAGO.NIEENTERPRISES.COM)

I'm trying to setup Exchange to first of all receive any external messages (INSTALLED AN SMTP CONNECTOR AND DON'T RECEIVE ANY MESSAGES!!!)The MX record sits on the external DNS server and points to mail.nieenterprises.com and servera.nieenterprises.com
What am I doing wrong?

Once, I get the Internet e-mail to work I would like my users to receive e-mails sent to user@nieenterprises.com not to user@chicago.nieenterprises.com and user@newyork.nieenterprises.com

How can I accomplish this? Does it have to do with the external DNS or the internal DNS?
What connectors do I need to configure? and how many?

I THINK I HAVE READ ALL MICROSOFT'S WHITE PAPERS ON SETTING UP CONNECTORS AND I HAVEN'T FOUND A SIMILAR SCENARIO WHICH I'M SURE IS VERY COMMON!

Thanks in advance,

W.S.

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by mckaytech

It looks to me like you have a routing or firewall issue with your ISP. According to your DNS records, your mail server is sitting at an IP address of 64.129.9.237. That address cannot be reached by either ping nor telnet smtp so for the purposes of receiving Internet mail, it doesn't exist.

When I do a trace route to that address, it gets as far as 64.129.30.4 (an address, like yours, that is somehow connected with telocity.com) and then fails to go any farther.

If telocity.com is yourISP, you need to be chatting with them about routing or firewall issues because until your server can be reached from the Internet, your Exchange configuration isn't going to matter.

paul

by ilovenetworking

Paul,

Thanks for checking this. I disconnected the router yesterday that's why it was not working. I connected my test box running WINNT4.0 and I-mail server by IPSWITCH and everything was working fine (I mean I was receiveing e-mail) That's why I assume that my MX record works. Maybe, I need another one?
I JUST NEED MY EXCHAGNE QUESTIONS ANSWERED because this is what I have been having problems with.

Thanks,

W.S.

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