I agree with John.. They are dirt cheap. ive seen once where a company used a .com .net for internal and external domains. the problem was the .net was not registered and then their parent company in the US went and registered it. Created a few minor hassles at the time. Personally i don't see the need to keep them the same, I'd always prefer to keep them separate. I know it can be done easily but there is no real reason why to or not too as far as I am concerned. Greg Mulholland ________________________________ From: John T (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sat 14/01/2006 7:59 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Domain.local versus domain.com http://www.MSExchange.org/ http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/44818/44818.html With the fact that you can get a domain registered for cheap, the best advice is pick an unused domain name for your local network, register it and use that. John T eServices For You -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Bushberg [mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:56 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Domain.local versus domain.com http://www.MSExchange.org/ I am setting up a 2003 Exchange server on a domain that has a .local I was wondering if I will run into any problems. In the past I have set up with the correct dns "domain".com name. Also I plan to implement rpc over http will a .local create any issues. There is a existing win2k server with exchange 2000. I plan to keep the existing win2k dns server but remove the 2000 exchange and add a new 2003 server with exchange 2003 Thanks Jeff ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx