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Exchange 2003 FQDN configured wrong
I did an exchange 5.5 migration to 2003 a while back and noticed something today. The SMTP server FQDN is configured as the hostname and local domain name of the computer, see "telnet exchange server" and "ipconfig /all" sections below. I think I know how to fix this, please see "change FQDN in ESM" section below. Please verify this is the proper way to fix this problem and list any additional steps I might need to do. What is the repercussion if any if I correct this problem? I have not noticed any problems because of this miss configuration. Would someone mind telling me what problems I might not have noticed happening because of this?
nslookup -q=mx mydomain.com
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mydomain.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.mydomain.com
mail.mydomain.com internet address = XX.XXX.XXX.XXX
ipconfig /all
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : exchsrvr-mail1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : domain.lcl
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.lcl
Telnet exchange server (telnet mail.mydomain.com 25)
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220 exchsrvr-mail1.domain.lcl Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.1830 ready at Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:0 1:42 -0700
Change FQDN in ESM
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ESM > Administrative Group > Domain > Servers > Server Name >Protocols > SMTP
Right click on "Default SMTP virtual server" and select properties. Go to Delivery tab and select Advanced. Currently I have Fully-qualified domain name: exchsrvr mail1.domain.lcl. It should be mail.mydomain.com.
nslookup -q=mx mydomain.com
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mydomain.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.mydomain.com
mail.mydomain.com internet address = XX.XXX.XXX.XXX
ipconfig /all
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : exchsrvr-mail1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : domain.lcl
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.lcl
Telnet exchange server (telnet mail.mydomain.com 25)
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220 exchsrvr-mail1.domain.lcl Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.1830 ready at Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:0 1:42 -0700
Change FQDN in ESM
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ESM > Administrative Group > Domain > Servers > Server Name >Protocols > SMTP
Right click on "Default SMTP virtual server" and select properties. Go to Delivery tab and select Advanced. Currently I have Fully-qualified domain name: exchsrvr mail1.domain.lcl. It should be mail.mydomain.com.
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I don't think it would carry over automatically as it is a per server setting - not an Org setting. It is one of those things that I just set without thinking about...
Simon.
Simon.
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