Adding an Additional E-Mail Domain Name

One request we see regularly in the newsgroups asks how to add an additional e-mail domain for which Windows EBS can receive e-mail. Exchange Server makes it easy. You can add additional domains and automatically update the e-mail addresses of your users to include the additional domains.

Before you can accept e-mail for another domain, however, you’ll need to make sure that the outside world knows about that domain and how to reach it. You need to register your second domain name with one of the Internet registrars, and you need to set up Domain Name System (DNS) records for the domain. Those records will need to include an MX (Mail Exchange) record that sends mail to the public Internet Protocol (IP) address ...

Get Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.