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I am running SBS 4.0a and would like to know if there is anyway to tell
Exchange server what IP address you are currently using so that the site
that is hosting our e-mail can find us, authenticate us and send (deqeue)
our e-mail.  Dedicated IP addresses are way too expensive in my area to
justify the cost.  Also, we are only dialing up once an hour and
e-mail/internet traffic is very low (les than one hour a day).

Thanks in advance,

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Carlos M. Perez

It can't be done without a dedicated IP address if you want to use SMTP
between you and your ISP. The only alternative i can think of is that your
ISP will put your email in a POP3 mailbox and that you use one of the
available utilities to download it from there,

Johan Reuvekamp

Carlos M. Perez heeft geschreven in bericht ...

Carlos,
You may want to consider checking
www.exemplarsoftware.com
They have a couple of products which may help with your problem

Cris Hanna, BS, MCP

Carlos -

You can use ETRN services of an MS SBS ISP.  Check out http://sbs.sky1.net
and look at the options page.  You don't need a dedicated IP address for
this to work.

Tom Sorrell
Sky1.net Small Business Service

Quote:> It can't be done without a dedicated IP address if you want to use SMTP
> between you and your ISP. The only alternative i can think of is that your

There used to be a problem with RAS and DHCP on the same machine not
properly registering IP addresses. I don't don't know if that's still
the case, though.

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Richard Matheisen                           Wang Laboratories
Microsoft Certified System Engineer         Tewksbury, MA USA

Everyone,

Thanks for your help.  I have decided to go with the exemplar software
solution.  It seems to work right out of the box with minor settings.  It
has an initial cost, but it is worth it, as it costs less than a static IP
in my area, and cheaper than the services that resolve the IP through a wins
server.  They require a charge for the server about $100 a year, plus the
cost of the hosting site, plus the cost of the dial-up connection.

I am just awaiting for the domain name to be transfered to their system.  I
will let you know how it works.

Thanks once again.

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Carlos M. Perez

Cris,

Thanks, for the tip.  This is what I did and they should be finishing up the
transfer for the domain soon.   I have already moved my domain two times in
less than 3 weeks because not too many people have figured out how to get
Exchange to accept off-line hosting.

Thanks for the help,

Carlos M. Perez

Rich,

I hadn't read it that way - my bad.  You are correct that WINS and DNS, by
nature, do not need to be on separate machines.  Nor do they need to be on
separate machines due to some design limitation of this implementation.
That was a misunderstanding by the other contributor I believe.
To (briefly) layout the config for the other folks on the list...

The recommended setup for the signup kit is three servers:
Server1
    PDC
    IIS4.0
    OptionPack Authentication Services (RADIUS)
    Signup Scripts (ASP pages, COM objects)
    DNS (public - exposed externally)

Server2
    BDC
    Exchange Server
    DNS (private - only used by Server2 - does WINS lookup)
    WINS

Server3
    Member Server
    IIS4.0 for customer web hosting
    DNS (public - exposed externally - secondary to Server1)

It can be done with 2 in several configurations, and with several "rules of
thumb".

There's a full set of docs for the more curious in the Signup Kit resource
kit at http://www.microsoft.com/isn/techcenter/sbsisp/default.asp
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Andy Webb

Simpler-Webb, Inc.                Austin, TX     "Mauve has more RAM" -
Dilbert
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Regards karl

Please change the NoSpam to my name.
(30 quick money spams last post!!!!)

There are solutions for dynamic IP's though.  The ISP's that support SBS
should be able to support standard Exchange also.

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Andy Webb

Simpler-Webb, Inc.                Austin, TX     "Mauve has more RAM" -
Dilbert
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Note though that none of these products will reliably deliver 100% of your
mail if you are using a single POP mailbox at the ISP side.

Andy

Note though that none of these products will reliably deliver 100% of your
mail if you are using a single POP mailbox at the ISP side.

Andy