Ed

Thanks 

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 2:49 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Exchange and Proxies and ISP's


One advantage of putting an SMTP server at your ISP's site might be that it
would queue the mail should your link be down.  It shouldn't really matter,
though, because sending hosts will retry for a while themselves if they
can't contact your SMTP server.  If you use the IIS SMTP Service on a Proxy
Server to relay SMTP, then you need not expose Exchange to the Internet.  It
really is a pretty good way to go.

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: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:09 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Exchange and Proxies and ISP's


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.







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