The infrastructure is the simplest possible, so i've omitted the details.
The sbs has just one interface, connected to my private lan
(ip=192.168.0.xxx).
The enterprise firewall nats the incoming http, https and smtp connection to
my exchange server.
So, in 'non microsoft' mail world a name is resolved in just one way:
trought dns name.

Here, the impression is that there is a more sophisticated mechanism doing
something.
It is also less clear to understand.
Does it exist a documentation of this mechanism?
tnx for your reply
agostino

"Roady [MVP]" t ha
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It all depends what kind of connection you are making. Probably you are
making a connection via Outlook Anywhere now.
The internal name reported in Outlook does not have to be the same as the
name linked to the external IP address.

It could also be a simply network/firewall configuration error. Without
knowing any details about the infrastructure, it is impossible to tell
what's going on for sure.

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"agostino" wrote in message
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I use O2007 and sbs2003 exchange.
The server address field is: "my-server.mycompany.LOCAL"
But netstat detects that the connection is done on the public address
(81.174.62.xxx)
I expect that it resolves the address as a local ip address. Where does
it get the external address?

tnx in advance
Agostino
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