I run my own mailserver (such as Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Small Business Server) and want emails delivered via SMTP – how can I do this?
If you are running your own mail server software such as Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Small Business Server or ANT Internet Suite and you want your emails to be delivered to your machine directly via SMTP (instead of having to be picked up from our server using POP3 or IMAP), then this can be done by modifying the MX (Mail Exchange also known as “Mail Exchanger”) record. However, there are a few points to bare in mind: You need to have a static IP address. Your ISP should be able to tell you whether you have a “static” IP address (one that does not change) or a “dynamic” (also referred to as a DHCP) address. You need to a have a “fully qualified hostname” or “fully qualified domain name” (FQDN) which is unique to your connection. Some providers, such as Demon Internet, allocate you a hostname such as example.demon.co.uk , others may allocate one such as 123.freecom.net and others such as static-192-168-0-50.adsl.provider.tld . However, some may not have this facility setup. If you a
