To tell you if this is the best place for your server would require more information about your security requirements. It would not be advisable for you to post that information to this list. But most small companies will put the mail server in the DMZ. Larder companies will put their servers inside the firewall with their gateways to do spam filtering and antivirus scanning on the DMZ. Kevin Bilbee [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Gittens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 1:14 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Transfering email users and data from 1 box to another > Hey guy, > > Ok, on the Imail side, you'll need the registry keys which will work under > Win2k Server, not sure about Pro, should do though. The key should be backed > up using the Imail administrator. Then just restore on the new machine. Most > everything else is details. Like the user directories to be copied in and > the IP of the mail server to be changed in the registry, you can get all the > help on doing these at www.ipswitch.com in their knowledge base. DNS > changes. If they are going to charge you for it and they know the routine, 3 > hours is a little much, this could be done and tested in an hour and a half. > I guess they are being conservative or that is their minimum. > > Firewall, hmm not sure what DMZ means, but Firebox II has 3 eth ports. They > are labelled External, Internal and Optional. The optional is for hosted > servers and that is where you should put the Mail server. The external > should be connected to your gateway router and the internal to you LAN. All > three interfaces can have the same IP or not. When your internet connection > goes down, mail can still be sent to the server and retrieved without > problems, experiment with the Hosts file on your LAN computers unless you > have an internal DNS. > > Get ready for lots of fun. > > BTW That is a hugely powerful machine for a few users, unless I am mistaken, > then your HD is too small. > > > Craig Gittens. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brad Pollina > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 10:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Transfering email users and data from 1 box to > another > > > > > Hello All! > > I've been a lurker here off and on for the past several months and have a > few questions that hopefully some of you can answer. > > Our ISP is currently hosting our email boxes on their own NT 4 server > (Imail 6.00). We currently want to bring email in house because our > connection goes down every week or so and no one can explain it nor offer > solutions when it magically comes back up after rebooting both routers. The > machine we will be putting it on is a PIII800 with 256MB of RAM running > Windows 2K pro and a 10GB HD. > > Our ISP has agreed to provide us with the data an registry keys, but wants > to bill us $85 per hour consulting fee and estimates 3 hours. My company > would like to keep this as cheap as possible, so here are some questions: > > 1. What EXACTLY do I need them to zip up for me? I understand I need both > the files AND some registry keys. Which are they? > 2. Is it true that there needs to be no modifications made when going from > NT4 server to Win2k Pro (non server?) > 3. Physically, we will connect the NIC card of the mail server on the DMZ > port of our firewall (Watchguard Firebox II). Is this the best place for it? > 4. What do I need to do so that if the internet T1 connection goes down, > all internal users at the same physical location as the firewall and mail > server can still access email? > 5. Is there anything I need to be aware of or watch out for when installing > the software itself for the first time? > > I am a relative newbee when it comes to IP stuff, so go easy on me. The > more detailed and specific you can be, the better. > > Lastly, I've been told that phone support is also going to be $85/hour. If > anyone who has done this before might be able to beat this price or is in > the St. Louis, MO area that might be available for onsite consulting, > please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks in advance for all of your help. > > Brad Pollina > MIS Administrator > Hogan Services, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.hogan1.com > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
