Thanks Ed, Of course now I have other questions....
You think it helps to point the MX record at the ISP's machine and then to our proxy or directly at our proxy and let it translate to the Exchange Server. Or does it really not matter as long as the mail is being delivered. Secondly...Is it a better idea to keep the Exchange Server behind the proxy or multi-home it and expose the other side around the proxy? I would think yes but....I do not know what other effects or limitations that poses. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 11:48 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange and Proxies and ISP's *** Amended *** MS Proxy is fine, but you could do that yourself just as well. I prefer to have the IIS SMTP Service that ships with the NT Option Pack relay SMTP instead of installing the MSP client on the Exchange server. You can put this service on the same box as the Proxy server if you want. See the FAQ Appendix H and Q198415 for more information on this. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Tech Consultant Compaq Computer Corporation (soon to be HP) All your base are belong to us. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Stafford Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 7:19 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange and Proxies and ISP's I have a question on how would be the best way to configure the Exchange server in the following scenario. I know there are a lot of opinions but I have worked on several small implementations where an exchange server was multi-homed around a proxy/firewall to provide mail service and that has always worked well but did expose the exchange server to the internet. I now have a client who has an ISP holding the MX record and points to their(the ISP) own machine. They are then IP forwarding through MS Proxy(on the client site) to an exchange server (5.5 sp3) on the other side of the proxy. The mail seems to work fine but the ISP is going away and we need to decide if this is a good configuration to try to maintain with someone else or should we make a change now since a the ISP change is being forced on us...? Any assisance would be greatly appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
