.local - vs. - .ca email setup of exchange

Bill M. · Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

I am building new servers with a Domain controller a file server and a
Exchange server. We come from Windows Small Bus. Server 2003 were this is
all intergrated and I want them seperate due to the loading on the systems as
we grow.. I have purchased the software and Cals and have the domain
controller setup with companyname.local and the file server is also a domain
controller attached . The Exchange server box is a Domain member.. So all
three servers are working , networked and all is fine. Now I have a
registered domain such as companyname.ca and I would of course be using
fred@companyname.ca as an example of the email addresses..

I loaded Exchange 2003 (standard) on the server doing forest and domain prep
but when I create a new user on the domain controller it asks me for the
username and passwords plus it states Email Username field and then a domain
pull down which only shows the companyname.local not the companyname.ca that
I want and it does not create the user in the Exchange server so I am lost.

I have a feeling that the issue is that we have .local on the inside domain
and I want .ca on the outside mail domain..

Does anyone know of white papers on the setup of Exchange but more so on how
to do this when you use .local and .ca in the same domain..

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Mark Arnold [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1126

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:39:03 -0800, Bill M.
wrote:

>I am building new servers with a Domain controller a file server and a
>Exchange server. We come from Windows Small Bus. Server 2003 were this is
>all intergrated and I want them seperate due to the loading on the systems as
>we grow.. I have purchased the software and Cals and have the domain
>controller setup with companyname.local and the file server is also a domain
>controller attached . The Exchange server box is a Domain member.. So all
>three servers are working , networked and all is fine. Now I have a
>registered domain such as companyname.ca and I would of course be using
>fred@companyname.ca as an example of the email addresses..
>
>I loaded Exchange 2003 (standard) on the server doing forest and domain prep
>but when I create a new user on the domain controller it asks me for the
>username and passwords plus it states Email Username field and then a domain
>pull down which only shows the companyname.local not the companyname.ca that
>I want and it does not create the user in the Exchange server so I am lost.
>
>I have a feeling that the issue is that we have .local on the inside domain
>and I want .ca on the outside mail domain..
>
>Does anyone know of white papers on the setup of Exchange but more so on how
>to do this when you use .local and .ca in the same domain..

The AD domain can have a .local domain, that's no problem. The
Recipient Policy should only ever say .ca. If you see a .local entry
there you should just edit it to be .ca rather than add the .ca to the
policy that says .local.

Mark Arnold [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1126

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:58:00 -0800, Bill M.
wrote:

>Thanks Mark..
>
>But I had already changed that part of the Exchange setup. The problem is
>nore the link to the Active Directory. When I open Users on the Domain
>Controller and then I create new user it of course asks for user name and
>email address but as I said it has the .local on the pull down for domain. I
>assume that when you finally answer the questions and create the user that
>somehow the Active directory tell exchange there is a new user with a
>specific email user name and password..
>
>So how does that communications work as that is the issue as it is not
>passing along the new user ID to the Exchange server.. It creates the user
>in AD but not in exchange
>
>Any idea's

You're not actually asking an Exchange question. What you are seeing
is not an SMTP address but a User Principal Name. If you don't want to
see the .local UPN you need to go to AD Domains and Trusts and then
into the properties of the forest (I think). Add a new UPN and delete
the old one.
Once you've done that you won't see the .local in the drop down.

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