How to Start Internet Mail Wizard

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You can use Internet Mail Wizard to configure a dual-homed Exchange server. The wizard guides you through the necessary configuration and automatically creates a connector on your outbound SMTP virtual server.

Use the following procedure to configure a dual-homed Exchange server with two SMTP virtual servers to send and receive Internet mail. After you run Internet Mail Wizard, the Exchange server will send and receive all Internet mail according to the configuration you specify in the wizard.

Note

You cannot use Internet Mail Wizard if you have already configured an SMTP connector or created an additional SMTP virtual server on your Exchange server. You must revert to the default configuration before you can run Internet Mail Wizard.

Before You Begin

Before you perform the procedure in this topic, read Deployment Scenarios for Internet Connectivity.

The following permissions are required to perform this procedure:

  • Member of the local administrators group and a member of a group that has had the Exchange Administrators role applied at the organizational level

Procedure

To start Internet Mail Wizard

  1. In Exchange System Manager, right-click your Exchange organization, and then click Internet Mail Wizard.

    Note

    To run Internet Mail Wizard, you must use the version of Exchange System Manager that comes with Exchange Server 2003.

  2. Follow the instructions in the wizard to perform the configuration tasks that are necessary to configure Internet mail delivery.

    The wizard creates an additional SMTP virtual server on your Exchange server. It configures Internet mail delivery in the following ways:

    • To configure a server to send Internet mail, the wizard guides you through the process of assigning the intranet IP address to the default SMTP virtual server on which it creates the SMTP connector to send outbound mail. You assign the intranet IP address to this virtual server so that only internal users on your intranet can send outbound mail.

    • To configure a server to receive Internet mail, the wizard guides you through the process of assigning the Internet IP address to the Internet SMTP virtual server. You assign an Internet IP address to this virtual server because external servers need to be able to connect to this SMTP virtual server to send Internet mail to your company. Additionally, you must have an MX record on your Internet DNS server that references this server.

    Internet Mail Wizard also performs the necessary checks on your Internet SMTP virtual server to ensure it is configured correctly. It verifies the following:

    • Your Internet SMTP virtual server accepts anonymous connections.

    • Your Internet SMTP does not permit relaying.