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I've configured Active Directory and Exchange on my Windows 2003 server. I am able to send emails out, however I'd like to also be able to receive email on my server.

I am using a dynamic DNS service and I have a hostname created - digitone.homeip.net

I'd like to be able to recieve emails on my Exchange server - so for example my email needs to be jpipitone@digitone.homeip.net. What do I have to change on my Windows 2003 server to allow for this to happen and mail to be routed to that dynamic IP?

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jpipitone

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Sounds simple enough. I will get in touch with the DDNS service and ask if I can register an MX record - if they do, what would I have to register - a record that points digitone.homeip.net to something?

Thanks

Rant32

Correct, an MX record never directly points to an IP address, it points to a host name, which is your ddns hostname.

To view MX-records for a particular DNS domain, type the following on a command prompt:

nslookup -querytype=mx my.domainname.com

For example, if you try that for experts-exchange.com, you will see that all SMTP mailservers in the world will deliver mail for that domain to mail.experts-exchange.com . Try the same for microsoft.com and see how many mailservers they have.

If you put in your own domain, then no mx record is returned.

Thank you for accepting the answer, good luck.

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