clonk Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 This maybe a stupid question but it is confusing me so I thought I'd ask. I'm going to be setting up an email server, I have a static IP I will assign to it for the internet to see and use, but I'm thinking I need a second network card in it that is configured for my private network. Is this correct? And if so is there anything in particular I should know about this process? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaBonger Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Technically no, you wont need a second NIC, But I would suggest putting your server behind some type of firewall. You wouldn't want to expose a machine directly to the internet like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clonk Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 Technically no, you wont need a second NIC, But I would suggest putting your server behind some type of firewall. You wouldn't want to expose a machine directly to the internet like that. Thanks for the reply. I intend to firewall the server, leaving only the necessary ports for email open. Are you suggesting I put the server on my private network with a static ip router in front that would port forward the requests to it? I'd appreciate a little more detail on this issue, what is the best way to set it up and whatnot. Thanks again in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 clonk: port forwarding would probably be the best way to do your mail server unless you have a lot of other connections coming in on the PC. That way you don?t need another IP from your ISP, and it will be a lot easier to configure with the same end result. Is this going to be a pop3 mail server, or Exchange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clonk Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 Fowen: It will be an exchange server. At this point in time the server will offer no other features that would have inbound or probably outbound requests associated with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 With my experiences I believe using port forwarding will work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clonk Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 With my experiences I believe using port forwarding will work fine. Thanks Fowen! Now I just need to call my ISP back up and tell them I don't need those extra static IPs I had them give me yesterday :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slanted Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 hey clonk, before you invest alot of time, you might want to check if the mail ports are blocked... A large cable provider here blocks them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted October 10, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2003 Yeah, ISP's tend to block Port 25 these days due to spammers :/ .... Radish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 You should have a subnet of 8 static IPs at least. The first declares the subnet, the last is lost also, leaving 6 in the middle. My UNIX server has a hot NIC (not firewalled, just Internet Security installed) and a cold NIC (LAN). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I believe he is probably running off of a Buisness connection and so none of those ports should be blocked.....if they are, it is time to find another ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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