.local instead of .com extension

[Louis]

I have a major stupid problem...... I installed the domain using local for
the extension.....now my problem is that the fqdn is mail.mydomain.local not
mail.mydomain.com ????? when I confiqure the outlook client. Outlook
changes the fqdn to the local extension. How do I get my outlook client to
connect???
--
Louis

[Adam White]

Using mail.mydomain.local for internal users should be fine - can you ping
that name or otherwise resolve the address? What error message do you get in
Outlook when you try to connect to that name?

Cheers

Adam


"Louis" wrote:

I have a major stupid problem...... I installed the domain using local for
the extension.....now my problem is that the fqdn is mail.mydomain.local not
mail.mydomain.com ????? when I confiqure the outlook client. Outlook
changes the fqdn to the local extension. How do I get my outlook client to
connect???
--
Louis

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Louis wrote:

I have a major stupid problem...... I installed the domain using
local for the extension.....

That is not a problem at all. It is actually common practice by many.

now my problem is that the fqdn is
mail.mydomain.local not mail.mydomain.com ????? when I confiqure
the outlook client. Outlook changes the fqdn to the local extension.
How do I get my outlook client to connect???

How is that a problem? IT should be able to connect. Are you trying to
connect using OL2003 / RPC over HTTPS or something?