Setting Up Internal Websites for External Access

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Brian Piotrowski

Hi All,

Some of our employees are requesting that we set up our exchange mail server
so that they may be able to access it from outside the corporate network. I
installed the appropriate files and set up the website. I added the alias
record to our DNS server, and everything works fine when we go to the
website internally. However, when I try to do it from outside the network,
I get the familiar "Page Cannot be Found" Error.

I had a quick check, and our domain name is still valid.

I'm sure it's something I'm doing on my end, and I was wondering if someone
can tell me where to look? Here's a quick overview of what we have (IP
names changed), and what I've done so far:

Our External IP address - 199.xxx.xxx.xxx
Our Internal Address (Web Server - Windows 2003 Web Ed.): 192.xxx.xxx.A
Our Internal Address (Email Server - Windows 2000 Server w/Exchange 2000):
192.xxx.xxx.B
Our Internal Address (Domain Controller - Windows 2000 Server):
192.xxx.xxx.C

So far, I have done this:
- Set up the Exchange Web services to allow web access
- Put an (A) record into the domain controller DNS with the host MAIL that
has an IP address of the mail server (192.xxx.xxx.B)
- On the firewall, I set up a new inbound proxy from IP: 0.0.0.0 SN: 0.0.0.0
to IP: 199.xxx.xxx.xxx SN: 255.255.255.255.

What do I need to look at next?

Thanks!

Brian.
 
You need an MX record in DNS that points to your SMTP email server.

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Tony Eversole MCSE, MCSA, Net+, A+
Hi All,

Some of our employees are requesting that we set up our exchange mail server
so that they may be able to access it from outside the corporate network. I
installed the appropriate files and set up the website. I added the alias
record to our DNS server, and everything works fine when we go to the
website internally. However, when I try to do it from outside the network,
I get the familiar "Page Cannot be Found" Error.

I had a quick check, and our domain name is still valid.

I'm sure it's something I'm doing on my end, and I was wondering if someone
can tell me where to look? Here's a quick overview of what we have (IP
names changed), and what I've done so far:

Our External IP address - 199.xxx.xxx.xxx
Our Internal Address (Web Server - Windows 2003 Web Ed.): 192.xxx.xxx.A
Our Internal Address (Email Server - Windows 2000 Server w/Exchange 2000):
192.xxx.xxx.B
Our Internal Address (Domain Controller - Windows 2000 Server):
192.xxx.xxx.C

So far, I have done this:
- Set up the Exchange Web services to allow web access
- Put an (A) record into the domain controller DNS with the host MAIL that
has an IP address of the mail server (192.xxx.xxx.B)
- On the firewall, I set up a new inbound proxy from IP: 0.0.0.0 SN: 0.0.0.0
to IP: 199.xxx.xxx.xxx SN: 255.255.255.255.

What do I need to look at next?

Thanks!

Brian.
 
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