Help with exchange 2013

[cyberdog68]

I have installed exchange 2013 but can not send or receive email. I can log into both the ecp and owa and have created a send connector. Not sure what steps I need to do to setup the server.

 

Please help I am pulling what little hair I have left out !!

[3s-gtech]

You need send and receive connectors, a send connector to go out to the internet should have any relay settings added if needed. Your receive connectors should be the default ones installed with your new server. Do you have DNS setup for receiving mail? Can you send mail internally on the server? The MS guides for setting up are pretty good, but it's a painstaking process and needs care.

[cyberdog68]

Yes I setup DNS on the parent server but not on the exchange server. What dns on the exchange server would I need to do ? and yes I can send internal emails.

[3s-gtech]

I mean DNS beyond your LAN - the MX records for your domain will need to be set up to allow mail to be received via your new server. Can you send emails to another external account like a Gmail or Outlook one?

[cyberdog68]

Do you mean updating my domain settings with my webhost ?

[3s-gtech]

It will have to be updated with your ISP/domain provider, depending on where and how you have it hosted (on your own LAN or on the web).