How do i set up my own company's email with exchange server 2003?

Going to host is myself just need info, and all the things i've read are not helping just confusing me more and more.
How do i set up my own company's email with exchange server 2003?
Without more information, it's hard to be real specific, but in general, here's what you need to do.





1. The server must be up and running


2. It must have Internet access


3. Your ISP has to register your mail server in DNS.








1. Install the server, add your users and make sure that relay is OFF. Otherwise you're gonna get blacklisted all over the internet





2. Access to the internet can be done by putting the server on your DMZ and using a public, static IP address or configure your firewall to direct all port 23 traffic to that server and use an internal IP





3. Tell your ISP that you need an MX and an A record created for your public IP address.





If you give me more information about your environment, I can give you more specific answers, but that's pretty much the basic guidelines for setting it up.