They handle the DNS settings on your behalf. If you want the SMTP mail to be sent to you, punch a hole in your firewall and assign it an external static address mapped to the Exchange SMTP service location (your Exchange server). Provide that IP address to your ISP and they will start funneling the SMTP mail to you.
But, your not done - there are relay items as well as configuration issues that you want to look at - I have several links off my website to Exchange FAQ's that walk you through step by step (www.clarksupport.com). Enjoy! Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member "Who's watching your network?" www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Mullins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 2:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Internet Mail Connector - HELP We have run exchange 5.5 for a while on a NT 4.0 box, but we have not used it for internet email. What do I need to do to put our exchange server on the internet? I have ran through the setup of adding the Internet Mail Connector many times in a lab setting. Our ISP said that can start routing it to us (instead of them) and they said we could use mail.company.com. My question is where do I put that? Do we use "mail" as the hostname and "company.com" as the domain in the DNS settings within TCP/IP? Any other installation suggestions or standard settings that we should use would be great. Thanks! Jason Mullins List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm