Re: Windows POP3 Service Configuration
1. There are two separate mail protocols:
SMTP - sends mail (listens on TCP port 25)
POP3 - receives (reads) mail (listens on TCP port 110)
You need additional protocol so that people can find you on the Internet.
This is:
DNS (listens on UDP 53 and TCP 53)
2. To be able to send/receive mail from the Internet, the following
requirements must be met.
a) your SMTP and POP server must be reachable from the Internet using public
Internet address, (ie not addresses from the private ranges like 10.x.y.z,
172.16.y.z - 172.31.y.z, 192.168.y.z, 169.254.y.z).
Note - fixed public IP addresses are expensive. Hopefuly, you get dynamic
public IP address when you connect to your ISP provider.
b) You must have registerd public domain (like 'example.com'). For example,
you can register your domain from godaddy.com.
To register your domain, you must have two DNS servers. One is usualy your
provider's DNS, the other is your own.
If you plan using dynamic public IP address, see some info on
http://www.dyndns.com
c) You must have MX and associated A record(s) configured in your DNS. For
example:
example.com. MX 10 mail.example.com. ; mail.example.com is the
mailserver for example.com
mail.example.com. A 11.142.0.1 ; ip address for
"mail.example.com"
See more on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_file
HTH and good luck, Dush
"Artificer" <eliezerfigueroa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I manage to install and configure the POP3 service that is included
with Windows Server 2003 now I am able to send and receive email on my
local network but I don’t know how to configure it to send and receive
internet mail as well. Yeas I know that I should use exchange but I
really want to learn how to configure this one in order to understand
the basics.
