Win2k Advanced Server Machine and Domain Naming

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Hi,

 

I have to set up a Win2k Server to use with Exchange 2003. Exchange is

only going to be used on the local LAN.

 

(I have only set them up before when I have had a fully qualified domain

name to give the machine, correctly associated with its IP address.)

 

The machine has a private IP address, eg 10.0.0.100.

I gave it a made-up domain, eg plug.local and a machine name of "exchange".

 

All seemed well - until I tired to connect mail on user machine. When

trying to create a new mail Exchange account, I put in

"exchange.plug.local" - and it couldn't find it. I put in 10.0.0.100 and

when I tested the account name, it changed it to "exchange.plug.local"

and underlined the account name. I thought "Great".. however...

 

However, the amail account doesn't work within Outlook..

 

I am about to rebuild the whole thing from scratch (there doesn't seem

to be any way of changing the domain details).

 

But,as I don't have a valid fully qualified domain name to set the

machine to, what domain details should I put in?

 

Oh, I tried adding "10.0.0.100 exchange.plug.local" to "hosts" - but I

still couldn't ping it by name, only by address..

 

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Sue