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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: pengman on July 20, 2008, 06:52:03 PM

Title: Can I host email and a website if I run SME Server 7 in 'server only' mode?
Post by: pengman on July 20, 2008, 06:52:03 PM

I am in the process of establishing a business in a serviced office environment. Am I correct in thinking that because I will be connecting to my landlord's business broadband which is protected by his firewall, I will be forced to run SME Server 7 in 'server only' mode? If that is the case, will I still be able to host email and a website? My landlord seems to think I will have a problem, but neither of us has experience of SME Server 7.

Title: Re: Can I host email and a website if I run SME Server 7 in 'server only' mode?
Post by: Normando on July 21, 2008, 04:22:29 AM

Why not? Of course you can, and it is a very normal situation.

Title: Re: Can I host email and a website if I run SME Server 7 in 'server only' mode?
Post by: cactus on July 21, 2008, 09:25:32 AM

Yes make sure you have a firewall in front of it and forward relevant ports (80 http, 443 https, 25 smtp) to the internal server, also make sure the external DNS entries are correct so other servers know where to find your domain (this is relevant for web traffic as well as mail traffic).