Here is what I have: 

Some computers as 
MACHINE1.SUB.DOMAIN.NET 
MACHINE2.SUB.DOMAIN.NET 
MACHINE3.SUB.DOMAIN.NET 

I also have machines in a nat on 
MACHINE4.SUB.DOMAIN.NET 
with 
MACHINE1.HIDDEN.NET 
MACHINE2.HIDDEN.NET 
MACHINE3.HIDDEN.NET
...
behind it

I also have an exchange server 5.5 on the border. 
MAIL.SUB.DOMAIN.NET 
and 
MAIL.HIDDEN.NET 

I have 2 NT4 domains behind NAT.

I do not control the outside DNS, but an existing Active Directory Forest
exists as: DOMAIN.NET but no Exchange server exists or Active DNS, only
legacy Unix DNS/Email.

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Here is what I want:

Move to Active Directory inside the firewall.
Move the Exchange server off the border to inside.
Upgrade to Exchange 2000. 

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My concerns when working in my test lab:

How do I get Exchange to work properly inside as outside.
(MAIL.SUB.DOMAIN.NET & MAIL.HIDDEN.NET or MAIL.LOCALHOST or whatever...)

What should I need to name my Internal Domain/Forest? 

I am not worried about migration at this time.
I plan to use trusts to migrate NT4/Exchange5.5 to New servers.

I am worried about the implications of mis-naming my 2000 domain. I am not
sure how to setup the 2000 domain so that Exchange 2000 will work
correctly.


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