SBS 2011 Out of Office
Recently implemented a Small Business Server 2011 server. The server came from Dell with SBS pre-installed, we have used the various wizards to configure it.
Everything works fine, except the Out of Office when going to outside the network?
The numerous articles I have found talk about resetting / recreating virtual directories, etc. but I cannot believe the solution is that hard?
Is there a step I have missed to allow Out of Office replies out of the office? I do know that the replies are not reaching the smarthost server.
Any thoughts gratefully received please?
Everything works fine, except the Out of Office when going to outside the network?
The numerous articles I have found talk about resetting / recreating virtual directories, etc. but I cannot believe the solution is that hard?
Is there a step I have missed to allow Out of Office replies out of the office? I do know that the replies are not reaching the smarthost server.
Any thoughts gratefully received please?
Alan Hardisty
Did you install a 3rd party SSL certificate with autodiscover.domain.com included as one of the Subject Alternative Names and also add an Autodiscover A record in your external DNS records OR did you create an SRV record that points to an FQDN that is included in your SSL certificate?
ASKER
We used the self-signed certificate that SBS created. We haven't made any changes to the DNS records.
Okay - I'll bow out. I don't ever use the self-issued certs and I never have a problem.
I know self-issued certs can work, but don't waste my time trying to reconfigure Exchange to make a small cost saving.
My recommendation would be to buy a 3rd party SAN/UCC SSL certificate, install it, create an Autodiscover A record in external DNS pointing to the Public IP Address of your Exchange server and then it should simply work.
I know self-issued certs can work, but don't waste my time trying to reconfigure Exchange to make a small cost saving.
My recommendation would be to buy a 3rd party SAN/UCC SSL certificate, install it, create an Autodiscover A record in external DNS pointing to the Public IP Address of your Exchange server and then it should simply work.
ASKER
Thanks your comments, I am only sorry that you consider I have, albeit unintentionally, wasted your time. I spent a good deal of time researching for a solution before resorting to asking for help. There is no question of 'small cost savings' having invested large sums in a server, etc.
You have given me the non-invasive solution I was looking for and I will persue your suggestion with thanks.
Do you have a trusted source for certificates please?
You have given me the non-invasive solution I was looking for and I will persue your suggestion with thanks.
Do you have a trusted source for certificates please?
Not suggesting you are wasting my time - more the other way around. I can't help you as I have never had to make a self-issued certificate work, so as much as I am ready, willing and able, I can't help!
GoDaddy are about the cheapest and very trusted location to buy a certificate, or a GoDaddy Reseller account is just as trustworthy and slightly cheaper than GoDaddy!
GoDaddy are about the cheapest and very trusted location to buy a certificate, or a GoDaddy Reseller account is just as trustworthy and slightly cheaper than GoDaddy!
ASKER
Note to the Editior: although this is probably going to end up as the accepted solution, can we leave it open for a while so I can research obtaining a certificate, to save having to open a new question please? Thanks.
You have 21 days from the last comment before a question is eligible for cleanup, so if you haven't fixed the problem by then, just post a comment within that time to keep it open.
Other than that - keep it open as long as you need. It takes a while to order a cert, get it approved and then downloaded / installed.
I always use the Wizard in the Exchange Management Console> Server Config
Make sure you add the following names:
mail.domain.com (or whatever you have chosen to use)
autodiscover.domain.com
internalservername.interna
internalservername
Then you should be good to go.
Alan
Other than that - keep it open as long as you need. It takes a while to order a cert, get it approved and then downloaded / installed.
I always use the Wizard in the Exchange Management Console> Server Config
Make sure you add the following names:
mail.domain.com (or whatever you have chosen to use)
autodiscover.domain.com
internalservername.interna
internalservername
Then you should be good to go.
Alan
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This was the solution which was not suggested by anyone. It was us speaking to the mail protection company. As I understand it, it's because the 'reply to' fields on Exchange 2010 auto replies is blank.