Re: [WinMac] Exchange server connection

Brooks Peters(peters[at]dt.navy.mil)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 11:20:47 -0400

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At 10:13 PM -0400 9/17/98, BOWDEN, BRUCE wrote:
>I have a single Mac connected to our Windows network using DAVE. If it
>all works well, I'll add the rest of our Macs as well. My problem is I
>cannot connect to the Exchange server. I installed the current Exchange
>Server version of Outlook (SP1). If I go into the Outlook settings,
>enter the IP address of the exchange server and my mailbox and check
>names, it finds the server, returns its name and re-formats the mailbox
>name. My problem is that it then says it cannot find the Exchange Server
>when I attempt to launch Outlook.
>
>Is this related to the fact that the web browser will also only work
>with IP addresses? But I can mount volumes by name and transfer files
>happily. Also, anyone else who types 'http://powermac8' into their
>browser can see the web site on the Mac.
>

It sounds like there's not a working Domain Name Server (DNS) or else it's
IP address hasn't been entered into your TCP/IP (or MacTCP) control panel.
If it's the latter, ask for the address of a reliable, local DNS and enter
it into the TCP/IP (or MacTCP) control panel. If the problem is the
former, you can create a "Hosts" file to be placed in your System Folder
which contains the Host Name to IP Address table for the local hosts you
require regularly. The problem with this is that it's maintained locally
whereas a good DNS is administered centrally.

I've found Mac TCP Watcher to be a real hand tool for checking whether my
DNS is providing the forward (name to IP) and reverse (IP to name) lookups
properly. It also has "ping" and "trace" functions through which you can
check your connection to a specific host.

Good luck,

Brooks Peters

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