I am setting up an exchange server. The exchange server is a member server with windows 2003 server and exchange server 2003 only installed on it. The active directory and domain controller is a separate server.
Currently I used nslookup to verify that the mx and a records are pointing to my server and the correct external ip address. I can ping my address (mail.loanhouston.com) and receive the correct external ip address. I have a Netgear ProSafe VPN firewall and have configured it to forward port 25 to the static IP address of my exchange server.
Currently I can send outgoing mail, and I can send/receive mail internally. I just can't receive mail from the outside. When I telnet mail.loanhouston.com 25 the command box goes solid black and looks like it's trying to connect but returns me to a command prompt. I don't get the "220...." message that you get when it successfully connects.
I can connect to outlook web access internally by going to the
http://localhost/exchange,
but when I connect through the internet it asks for the logon/password but it will not accept the credientials. I can RDC and VNC into the exchange server with no problem. Thanks for any help!
What do I need to do to receive inbound mail from outside of the office?
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