Hey, what's up everyone? I'm not sure if this is in the right forum or not so please forgive me if its not. I just installed Microsoft Exchange 2000 on my Win 2K server and I'm having a problem, already!!. Everytime I open up the Microsoft Exchange Administrator and I try to connect to my server, i get this error message:

A connection could not be made to the Microsoft Exchange Server computer "SERVER"

The Microsoft Exchange Server computer does not respond.

Microsoft Exchange Directory
ID no: DS_E_COMMUNICATIONS_PROBLEM.


When I hit browse to look for my server I get this message:

The list of Microsoft Exchange Server computers is not available because no Microsoft Exchange Server computer could be located.

Microsoft Exchange Administrator
ID no: c10312c8

I've never used Exchange before and I'd love to learn how to use it. I host my own site and I'd like to use Exchange as my mailer. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks alot for your help in advance..