New SBS2003 Install !

[AnthonyCasta]

Hello All! ..

We have decided to migrate from Server2000 to SBS2003, in the process I have had a few problems! I think the issues are all related, but maybe not ..

1st. I am unable to receive e-mail from the outside, I'm able to send external but not recieve, I can send and receive internal.

2nd. From an outside computer I am unable to access the website by just typing in the address ... i.e. (microsoft.com) ... However, if I type

http://www.microsoft.com

I am able to get in ..

Could these be related ... I have already checked my mx record and I am pretty sure that it is ok ..

Thx in advance ..

 

[58sniper]

1. Was this a server-to-server migration? If so, did you update your firewall to point inbound email to the address of the new server?

2. Check your public DNS.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Contributing author Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: The Complete Reference

 

[58sniper]

Oh - and this is better posted in the SBS forum.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Contributing author Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: The Complete Reference

 

[AnthonyCasta]

Sorry about that .. I'll repost in the SBS forum ..

No it wasn't server to server migration .. New server and new install ...

 

[58sniper]

Your firewall needs to be updated then. It needs to redirect SMTP traffic to the new internal IP of the new server*. Also, redirect other ports as needed, such as 443 for Outlook Web Access**.

* - Assumptions made that there isn't a gateway MTA involved.
** - Assumptions made that there isn't a reverse proxy such as ISA in the perimeter network.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Contributing author Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: The Complete Reference