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QUESTION POSED ON: 23 August 2005
We have an Exchange 2003 server on a Windows 2000 server. The internal domain name is abc.local. Can I set up the Exchange server to handle mail (to and from the outside) for say, me@xyz.com?

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Yes, this is possible. You'll want to set up the following:
  • A public-facing DNS record for xyz.com with a Mail Exchanger (MX) entry pointing to whatever port your SMTP gateway is listening on.

  • A recipient policy in Exchange for @xyz.com so that Exchange will accept messages sent to that SMTP domain.

  • A primary SMTP address for all mailboxes using the @xyz.com suffix. Recipient policies can achieve this for you.

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