DNS & Domain name

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Hi
I have a Win2k AD server with DNS & DHCP running & student
account stored on this server. FQDN is
schoolname.edu.vic.gov.au. Students Email account is
hosted by ISP with @schoolname.vic.edu.au. I'm planning to
install a Mail Exchange Server in school so that I can
maintain & increase student mailbox say .. 8 MB for each
mailbox insead of 1 MB hosted by ISP, and of course this
Mail Server will save $$$$ for school. School won't have
to pay ISP for mail hosting. My question is that if the
Win2k AD server FQDN is schoolname.edu.vic.gov.au, can I
have a Mail Exchange Server with FQDN
schoolname.vic.edu.au on one of win2k member server ???
How can i accomplish this ???
Thanks a lot in advanced

 

[Herb Martin]

I have a Win2k AD server with DNS & DHCP running & student

account stored on this server. FQDN is
schoolname.edu.vic.gov.au.

Finally someone who posts and realizes that FQDNs have a DOT on
the end (to be FULLY qualified that is.)

Students Email account is
hosted by ISP with @schoolname.vic.edu.au. I'm planning to
install a Mail Exchange Server in school so that I can
maintain & increase student mailbox say .. 8 MB for each
mailbox insead of 1 MB hosted by ISP, and of course this
Mail Server will save $$$$ for school. School won't have
to pay ISP for mail hosting. My question is that if the
Win2k AD server FQDN is schoolname.edu.vic.gov.au, can I
have a Mail Exchange Server with FQDN
schoolname.vic.edu.au on one of win2k member server ???
How can i accomplish this ???

Sure, but if you really mean to reverse "vic.edu" and drop the "gov"
then you are talking about entirely separate DNS zones so you must
arrange for the parent of each zone to delegate (if you need to be found
from the root) -- at least in the case of external email -- and hold
zones for at least the external email and point them to your email servers.

You can have a server "from one domain" accept email for MANY
email domain names just by pointing the MX for the mail specified to
the actual email server.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Finally someone who posts and realizes that FQDNs have a DOT on
the end (to be FULLY qualified that is.)

Maybe because it was the end of the sentence?


To add, the nameserver registration with the registrar needs to list your
public DNS servers as authorative for the zone. On that server is where the
MX record would be created.

To also add about hosting multiple domains:

Configuring Exchange 2000 to Receive Mail from Multiple Domains (Q268838):
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=268838

Hosting Multiple SMTP Domains on Exchange 2000:
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF010.html

Hosting Multiple SMTP Domains on Exchange 2000:
http://www.msexchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=60


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Regards,
Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory