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GeSuN

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Hi,

We're looking to host emails of our customers here and I have to find a mailserver or a MTA that will do the following :

Multidomain support (really important. I have to be able to set storage and traffic limits for each customer, ...)
Remote Administration
Web user interface
Backup and firewall functions

And the server must be running on Windows 2k/2k3... sorry *nix lovers ;)

We want something that'll be secure and reliable, and very flexible.

GeSuN
 
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stimpyman77

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Might want to check this one out.. It handles multiple domains very well, as I have hosted 100+ with this program. It also has alot of features for the price and has proved to be quite reliable. Hope it helps...

Merak Mail Server


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Boscoh

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This is my understanding of an issue you might come into contact with on Exchange 2003. If this is wrong, please correct me.

For Exchange 2003 to use multiple domains, you have to have multiple AD domain controllers, one for each domain. Exchange 2003 doesnt have a local authentication database, it relies on AD...and where is the AD database? I think Exchange 5.5 can do multiple domains, because it still has a local database.
 
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GeSuN

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Anyone can confirm what Boscoh said? cause if it is the case, I don't want to install MS Exchange...

I'll also give a try to the demo version of the mailservers you recommended guys, thanks!
 
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Boscoh

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Interesting.

I found docs discussing how to do it with Exchange 2000. Is it the same in 2003? Do you have docs on that?

I'm not an exchange person, but the guy doing it recently attended an Exchange 2003 class and said the instructor told him you couldnt do it without an AD domain for each domain you want in Exchange. If what you're saying is correct, and one exchange server could host for example 4 domains without needing an AD server for each one, then I'd like to present that material to my boss. He thinks he's paying a buttload of money to only host one of our company's domains.

Thanks for the info, it's very helpful.
 
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netsysadmin

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Look at the administrator guide for Exchange 2003 I posted above. Check out page 69...it talks about Understanding Recipient Policies. You will get some of your info there. Right now I run two domains under my Exchange 2003 server with only one AD domain which does not even match the two mail domains. Now I have not found any downfalls on my system yet, but I am not running it for a large production environment either.

John
 
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GeSuN

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I guess I'll have to install the trial version and see for myself how to setup Exchange to support multidomain emails since from what I saw in the Administration guide, I cannot host multiple domains :

Managing Exchange in Multiple Domains
You can use Active Directory Users and Computers to manage Exchange in more than one domain in a forest. To do this, you must connect to the domain that you want using the following procedure.

To manage Exchange in a another domain
? In Active Directory Users and Computers, right-click the root object in the console tree, and then select Connect to Domain.

Note
You must have the appropriate permissions for the target domain.
Click to expand...

page 27/397

I just want to make sure netsysadmin that you understood what I really wanted to do. I don't want our users to be able to get emails from multiple domains (Ex. John Doe receiving emails from john@company1.com and john@company2.com). I want to host emails of companies. By that I mean that each company has their own employees who would get there emails from our server...

I'm sorry if that's what you meant, but I'm just curious on how to do what I want on Exchange...

Thanks
 
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