Internal and external mail setting

I have 20 WinXP users connecting to my Xserve.
I want to set up Mail so that only 3 Users can access mail both internally and externally from the office, the others I want to allow internal mail to each other but not to send/receive externally. Is this possible? If so how do I configure this behaviour?
Regards
Tony

Can anyone assist with my previous posting?
Can the functionality I want be achieved via the server or do I have to look foe alternative methods?
Can anyone point me in the directon of info that will let me solve this issue?
Regards
Tony

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Internal and External different set of menu for ESS

Hi
We have 2 portal server - Internal and External. The Portal are being used not.
We are planning to implement ESS now in Portal. We are planning to provide two different set of options when the same user access internally and externally.
For example, User XYZ access internally he will get menus ABCDE but the same user access from external he only gets manu AB.
If anyone has implemented with similar concepts or know how to do it technically, kindly advice.
Thanks
Yuva

Let us assume we have 3 internal groups :
internalGroup_1 -> Role A, Role B
internalGroup_2 -> Role C, Role D,
internalGroup_3 -> Role E,
and 2 external group :
externalGroup_1 -> Role A,
externalGroup_2 -> Role B,
We add similar user under a group. and then roles are assigned to groups. in above example Role A , Role B is assigned to internalGroup_1.
We can have a single user id in which is attached to interalGroup_1, interalGroup_2, interalGroup_3 , externalGroup_1and interalGroup_2.
When user logon to Internal portal he will see role A, B,C,D and E
and when user logon to internal poral he will see role A,B.
provided A,B,C,D,E roles should exist in internal protal and role A,B exist in External portal. You can use transport roles from external portal to internal portal.

Internal and External Mail Exchange servers server not communicating with IronPort

Hello Support Community,
I have setup external mail exchange server and an internal mail exchange server to test out ironport, those two are not communicating via IronPort neither are they both recieving eachothers sent messages in their inbox, i have setup a smart host in both of those servers to point to ironport but thats still of no help. I have two smtp routes setup as well one's recieving domain: dummy.local which is external and its destination host: softheon.local which is internal which means its smart host is pointing to ironport's data 1. Is there something that im missing which is not letting these two mail exchange servers connect to each other as well as connect with the ironport to catch the msgs being sent
thanks

Are you trying to relay through the appliance, or just email the appliance?
If trying to relay through the appliance, make sure the IP address of your exchange server is added to the RELAYLIST under the HAT (host access table) located under Mail Policies Tab - Host Access Table. Click on the RELAYLIST and add the IP - submit and commit changes.
If you are just trying to email the appliance, you may be getting dropped at the handshake level based on reputation (or lack thereoff).
From your exchange boxes, open up a command prompt and telnet to the ironport on port 25 and initiate a command line email.
So:
telnet IP-OF-IRONPORT 25 (hit enter, you should connect up and see the IronPort banner)
helo (type helo - from here you'll probably get dropped by the IronPort)
mail from: [email protected] (if you dont get dropped put in your email address)
rcpt to: [email protected] (put in the other email address)
data (type data and hit enter)
This is a test. (type anything, this is the message body)
. (when done typing, type a single . (period) and hit enter. The email should send if you got that far.
You most likely need to add the IP addresses of your exchagne boxes to the WHITELIST under the HAT to resolve any reputation issues from your test exchange boxes.
Regards,
Chris

Back Pressue causing internal and external mail flow to Stop!

i have one exchange server 2007 SP3 x64 in the following configuration.
Latest message ( i have been dealing with this off & on for 3-4 weeks) and need to resolve it. the server is a physical box IBM x3650 with a DS3200 storage cage with (2) Quad Core processors and 48gb of Ram. all volumes listed above are running on their
own 15k spindle drives in a Raid 1 configuration. C and E partitions are in the x3650. F, G & H are in the DS3200 with a SCSI connection to the x3650. We have a 1gigabit network connection. We are using the Mimecast cloud server for spam and
email archiving so we have our mail route to them first then down to our local server. outgoing mail routes to mimecast then out to it's destination.
Resource pressure increased from Normal to Medium.
Resource utilization of the following resources exceed the normal level:
Version buckets = 127 [Medium] [Normal=80 Medium=120 High=300]
Physical memory load = 91% [limit is 94% before message dehydration occurs.]
Back pressure caused the following components to be disabled:
Inbound mail submission from the Internet
Mail submission from the Pickup directory
Mail submission from the Replay directory
Mail delivery to remote domains
The following resources are in the normal state:
Queue database and disk space ("E:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\data\Queue\mail.que") = 7% [Normal] [Normal=95% Medium=97% High=99%]
Queue database logging disk space ("E:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\data\Queue\") = 9% [Normal] [Normal=94% Medium=96% High=98%]
Private bytes = 1% [Normal] [Normal=71% Medium=73% High=75%]
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
I have been working with Microsoft Support we have done the following:
increased DatabaseMaxCacheSize
default- 134217728
updated to- 1073741824
increased QueueDatabaseLoggingFileSize
default - 524280
updated to - 31457280
increased DatabaaseCheckPointDepthMax
default - 20971520
updated to - 31457280
But these changes have not solved the problem permanently. No other software changes have occurred on this system. Can anyone else assist me with some other places to look to resolve this?
Thank you
R
UPDATE: i see the following in my event viewer: ID: 15004
Resource pressure increased from Medium to High.
Resource utilization of the following resources exceed the normal level:
Version buckets = 315 [High] [Normal=80 Medium=120 High=300]
Physical memory load = 91% [limit is 94% before message dehydration occurs.]
Back pressure caused the following components to be disabled:
Inbound mail submission from Hub Transport servers
Inbound mail submission from the Internet
Mail submission from the Pickup directory
Mail submission from the Replay directory
Mail submission from Mailbox servers
Mail delivery to remote domains
The following resources are in the normal state:
Queue database and disk space ("E:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\data\Queue\mail.que") = 8% [Normal] [Normal=95% Medium=97% High=99%]
Queue database logging disk space ("E:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\data\Queue\") = 9% [Normal] [Normal=94% Medium=96% High=98%]
Private bytes = 1% [Normal] [Normal=71% Medium=73% High=75%]
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Did reducing the maximum message size help? Did uninstalling (not just stopping the service) Symantec help?
While it's nice to think that your file-level A/V is faultless, that isn't always the case. You might want to uninstall that, too, while you're troubleshooting.
I know that "running naked" is a problem, but it's one way of discovering if the problem is associated with that product. Maybe you can install another HT server role and use the Anti-Spam software on it (temporarily) and have your Internet e-mail delivered
there. If the problem on the existing HT role disappears you'll have an idea that perhaps that software was the source of the problem.
I didn't see anything really alarming in your video except for the brief spikes in I/O per second (from, say, 24 to more than 100).
You might want to have a look at Exchange PerfWiz and PAL (Performance Analyzer of Logs). They make performance data collection and analysis easier, at least while you're casting about for where the problem might be. After that you can home in on the area(s)
of concern with more frequent snapshots of the performance counters of concern.
--- Rich Matheisen MCSE&I, Exchange MVP

How to configure AD on windows 2012 server for Exchange 2013 internal and external email flow

Dear Experts,
I have to configure exchange 2013 on Windows server 2012 STD. Company has registered Static IP addresses and can get the MX record pointing to any of this Static IP.
The registered domain name is e.g. contoso.com.
a. What should I use as domain name on AD? contoso.com or contoso.local
b. Is it recommended to have two different servers for AD and Exchange?
c. What should be my connector settings for mail flow?
d. how can I set 2 email servers in company for load balancing?

Hi,
a, I suggest use contoso.com as domain name. It is convenient to add urls into our certificate for internal and external mail flow.
b, Recommended that installing AD
and Exchange Server on two separate
Servers. If Exchange Server downed unfortunately, it can prevent AD server from crushing at the same time.
c, Found some articles for your reference:
Configure Mail Flow and Client Access
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj218640(v=exchg.150).aspx
Configuring Outbound Mail Flow in Exchange Server 2013
http://exchangeserverpro.com/configuring-outbound-mail-flow-in-exchange-server-2013/
d, Load Balancing
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj898588(v=exchg.150).aspx
Hope it is helpful
Thanks
Mavis
Mavis Huang
TechNet Community Support

SharePoint 2013 - Office Web Apps - Internal and External Use

I have successfully installed SharePoint 2013 and Office Web Apps on Azure VMs inside an Azure Virtual Network (IaaS model). Everyting is working well. However, my testing has shown that external users and internal users can't use Office Web Apps at the
same time.
Office Web Apps, installed on its own vm, accomodates an external and internal URL quite well. However, SharePoint 2013 appears to only allow one setting for WOPI Zone, either internal or external but not both. I've set the WOPI zone to Internal-HTTPS (Set-SPWOPIZone
–Zone “internal-https”). OWA works just fine if accessed from inside the Azure Virtual Network. However, if I try to access from outside the Virtual Network, from the Internet, Office Web Apps fails. The exact oppisite is also true. I can set WOPI Zone to
External-HTTPS and accessing from the Internet works fine, but accessing inside the Virtual Network fails.
Am I missing something? I, obviously, want Office Webs Apps to function properly for both internal and external users simultaneously.
I appreciate any help anyone can provide here.
Glenn

Hi Glenn,
To have both the use of Internet and Internal available to your end-users, you first need to configure AAM setting. Open Central Administration > Application Management > Configure alternate access mappings. Let's say there is an existing web application
named http://sharepoint and my end-users from local network are able to access it using the URL http://sharepoint (root site collection). Here you need to add the Internet URL by select the web application and click Edit Public URLs. Add the Internet domain
to the web application, e.g http://sharepoint.abc.com. You don't necessarily have to edit binding setting in IIS. Before continuing next steps, make sure you are able to access http://sharepoint.abc.com from the Internet while being able to access http://sharepoint
from local network (aka Internal).
On the machine where Office Web App (OWA) Server 2013 is installed, open PowerShell to add OWA module and use the following command to re-create a new OWA server farm if you've completed configuring it previously.
New-OfficeWebAppsFarm -InternalUrl "http://owa" -ExternalUrl "http://owa.abc.com" -EditingEnabled.
In this case, I'm not using SSL certificate to encrypt data over the Internet. You can use Internet-public IP of the OWA server like -ExternalUrl "http://198.xxx.xxx.xx". Add CertifcateName parameter if you want to use whether CA-issued certificate
or self-signed certificate.
On your SharePoint machine, you need to re-bind all WFE machines to WAC farm using the cmdlet New-SPWOPIBinding. Next, you need to set the WOPI zone for both internal and external.
Set-SPWOPIZone -zone "external-http"
Note: I'm not all using certificate in my guidance. But the steps to have it configured is just to add more parameter.
I've recently successfully deployed OWA multi-server farm for both internal and internet uses for two big clients. In real-world scenario, ideally OWA should be published through firewall (Forefront UAG, TMG, F5...etc). Please let me know if you still have
issues after following my steps. My email: [email protected]
Regards,
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All my hard drives (internal and external) have a small lock in the lower left corner of the icon and I don't have permissions to access. Permissions are set to 'Custom' in the get info window and I can't change them.

All my hard drives (internal and external) have a small lock in the lower left corner of the icon and I don't have permissions to access. I have 3 user accounts set up and I cannot access any of them. Permissions are set to 'Custom' in the get info window and I can't change them. Originally I had Snow Leopard installed on one hard drive and 10.5.8 installed on another. I started to have some problems accessing data between them and so I tried changing the permissions on ONE hard drive partition. The next thing I know, all my drives are locked (except the ones with the systems on them), the small lock appeared in the lower left corner of the drive icons and I don't have permissions to access any of them. In the get info window, permissions are set to 'Custom' and I can't change them.

There is suddenly a lock icon on my external backup drive!
Custom Permissions

Exchange 2013 DNS for internal and external domain

Hi All,
I have been assigned a task to implement Microsoft Exchange Server 2013. I need some help in setting up DNS namespaces and design a strategy to have same internal and external names. Let me share some details here.
We have an Active Directory domain myinternaldomain.net, and we have a public domain
mypublicdomain.com and we have setup email policy to have
mypublicdomain.com as the SMTP domain for all the users. We have created another DNS zone in Active directory integrated DNS and created a records for
mail.mypublicdomain.com and autodiscover.mypublicdomain.com which will point to CAS NLB IP. We have 2 CAS servers and 2 MBX servers, we have configured DAG for MBX High availability and planning to implement WNLB for CAS as
hardware LB is out of scope due to budget constrains.
We want to have same URLs for OWA, Autodiscover, ECP and other services from internal network as well as from public network. Users should not be bothered to remember two URLs, using one from internal and other from public networks. I also want to confirm
that with this setup in place do i need to have myinternaldomain.net and server names in SAN certificate?
Thanks

Hi Sccmnb,
You can easily achieve this using split DNS.
Internal DNS hostname "mail.mypublicdomain.com" will be pointing to your internal CAS NLB IP and the external public DNS hostname"mail.mypublicdomain.com" will be pointing to the Network device or
Reverse proxy server IP.
Depending upon users access location(internal\external) the IPs would vary and they should be able to access the website with same name.
The names that you would require on the certificate(Use EAC or powershell to raise the request) for client connectivity would be
SN= mail.mypublicdomain.com
SAN= autodiscover.mypublicdomain.com
You don't need to have the active directory domain name present in the certificate.
Additional to this you need to update the AutodiscoverURI for all servers and OWA,ECP,Autodiscover Virtual Directories InternalURL and ExternalURL fields with appropiate public names.
Some additional Info:
*Internal vs. External Namespaces
Since the release of Exchange 2007, the recommendation is to deploy a split-brain DNS infrastructure for the Internet-based client namespaces. A split-brain DNS infrastructure enables different IP addresses to be returned for a given namespace
based on where the client resides – if the client is within the internal network, the IP address of the internal load balancer is returned; if the client is external, the IP address of the external gateway/firewall is returned.
This approach simplifies the end-user experience – users only have to know a single namespace (e.g., mail.contoso.com) to access their data, regardless of where they are connecting. A split-brain DNS infrastructure, also simplifies the configuration of Client
Access server virtual directories, as the InternalURL and ExternalURL values within the environment can be the same value.
*Managing Certificates in Exchange Server 2013 (Part 2)
*Nice step by step article
Designing a simple namespace for Exchange 2013
Regards,
Satyajit
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Exchange 2010 and 2013 coexistence Internal and external URL

Hi all,
been reading alot of threads about Outlook anywhere and virtual directories in co-existence exchange 2010 and 2013.
Still i dont get any smarter.
Here is scenario:
Exchange 2010
Cas1
Cas2
Mailbox1
Mailbox2
Casarray is Exchange.casarray,com ( internal dns pointed to CAS1 in exchange 2010).Seems like by default both exchange 2013 cas servers are added to the casarray.
Exchange 2013
CAS+Mailbox
Cas+Mailbox
DNS
mail.exchange.com pointing to VIP (kemp loadbalancer)
Autodiscover ( pointed to same vip ,kemp load balancer)
Outlook anywhere on all servers (2010 and 2013)
Internal ( pointing to VIP on Kemp)
External ( pointing to external IP,then it passes firewall that again passes to kemp)
Problem we are having is when migrating users from Exchange 2010 - 2013.
Users using Outlook 2010
restart of outlook and mail works fine.
OWA works fine
Active sync fails ( need to inherit permission of users AD object),wait couple of hours then mobile can sync again.)
Users using Outlook 2013
Outlook in disconnected status,only fix is to create new profile.
OWA works fine
Active sync fails ( need to inherit permission of users AD object),wait couple of hours then mobile can sync again.)
Question is,what should be set for internal and external url (active sync,owa,ews)on 2010 and 2013 servers?
Where is the config wrong?
Thanks!
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Hi Martina,
did the test as mentioned,even tried both CAS 2013 servers.Flush and registerdns didnt help.
Still Outlook is Connected to the cas.exchange.as (which again Points to 1 of Exchange 2010 servers),
Tried repair Outlook profile,no og.Only fix is to setup New account.
Any more tips?
thanks!
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DNS Forwarding Same Internal and External Zone

Hi,<o:p></o:p>
So we have decided that we want our internal domain to be the same as our external domain e.g. domain.uk. I understand that split DNS can be used
to fulfil this requirement but is it possible to set up a forward so if the DNS entry is not available in the internal zone it will forward onto one of our external name servers where it can resolve?<o:p></o:p>
We are basically trying to avoid having to add the entry on both external and internal DNS servers for it to resolve. So far I have added the external name servers to
the forwarders and disabled root hints which didn’t work. I’ve tried to add a conditional forwarder but it says the zone already exists. It seems the only to achieve the internal resolution is by creating the DNS entry both internally and externally.<o:p></o:p>
Does anyone know if this is the case? It seems strange that you couldn’t point the DNS to another external name server for resolution? <o:p></o:p>
Any help would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p>

You must ask in networking forum
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=winserverNIS&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc

Delivery report shows status of Pending for external address. Email sent to both internal and external addresses.

We have an Exchange 2013 on-premise server and seem to have an issue with emails sent to internal and external users at the same time.
The issue came to light because someone sent an email to 44 recipients, of which one was internal. None of the external recipients received the email. I checked the delivery report in the EAC and found the internal email marked as 'Delivered' and all of
the external ones marked as 'Pending'. I checked the queues and there were none. I did some testing and sent an email to just one of the external addresses on the list, it arrived. I tried sending the email again to all of the recipients, the external ones
all showed 'Pending'. I tried it again, but this time excluded the internal email address and all of the 43 external emails were immediately delivered.
So it seems that the issue only arises when we are sending to both internal and external addresses.
I then tried a test email to one internal address and one external address. The Delivery report says that the internal address was delivered immediately, while the external address is 'Pending' and gives more information saying: 'Message delivery is taking
longer than expected. There may be system delays. For more information, contact your helpdesk.'. To add further mystery to this, the email was actually delivered.
So, I have two concerns:
First is seems that some emails sent both internally and externally are only arriving internally. This is a huge problem because I don't know how many have been affected. There may be many lost emails we don't know about.
Second, it looks like I can't trust the delivery report. It says pending for some emails which didn't arrive, but it also says pending for some which did arrive. That is no good at all.
For info the server is running Windows Server 2012. I have run a Microsoft Update to check if there are any to apply and the only Exchange one is a spam filter update, which I doubt has any bearing but I will apply when I get chance.

Hi Neil,
According to the description, I find a related KB on Exchange 2010:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2694474?wa=wsignin1.0
It has the similar situation as yours.
This issue occurs because a function in a message tracking component tries to obtain the information for the recipient instead of the external recipient.
Please try to upgrade to the latest Exchange update to check whether this issue can be solved.
Also please check whether Throttling has been set.
Please run "Get-TransportService | fl" to check the MaxOutboundConnections parameter value.
More details to see:
Message throttling
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232205(v=exchg.150).aspx
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Can I split my itunes music library between and internal and external hard drive?

Is it possible to have music on the two different drives and still be able to make playlists from both drives to put on my ipod? Here's my situation: I'm using a Dell 32 bit computer running Vista Home Premium SP2 which I share with other users. I have a large itunes library (40g+ of music only) that's starting to hog the hard disk space from other users. If possible, I would like to split off part of my itunes library to an external hard drive while still having access to the entire library for my ipod. Ideally I would like to have all my downloaded songs on both the internal and external drives so I'll have backups in case a drive fails, while putting all the music I have hard copies of solely on the external drive. Any help on how this can be done would be appreciated.

If you manually manage your itues library, you can store parts of it on an external drive, or on an internal drive. Just keep in mind that in iTunes that you must set a default location for iTunes to manage it's files, and that will be the default location for iTunes to store anything it downloads. You would need to manuay manage moving things from there if tht is not where you want them stored.
Perhaps a "better" solution would be for you to invest a little mone into 2 external drives. One to hold your entire iTunes library, and the second to be your off-line backup of the first. This is the method I have gone with and I like how it works for me. My entire iTunes library is on an external (portable) 320GB drive. Then, when iTunes is not running, I will clone my external drive onto a second drive I happen to have, this way if I have any failure of my primary drive, I lose at most about a weeks worth of content. For me, I purchase little content during a week, but I do move a fairly large volume of podcasts. With the entire library being on the external drive, if I ever have to swap to using my backup drive iTunes wil just think that it hasn't run and downloaded anything for a week, and all the "lost" content will be re-downloaded automatically. This won't work for apps or purchased content, but for subscribed podcasts, it is great.

Unable to activate internal and external urls at the same time

Hi,
We have Configured EBS R12 in DMZ setup as described in Figure F-9 of metalink note 380490.1 ,Option 2.4: Using Reverse Proxy with no External Web Tier.
refering to 726953.1 Case History: Implementing a Reverse Proxy Alone in the DMZ Configuration - R12.
but Not able to activate internal and external urls at the same time in this configuration. Only the node where last autoconfig was run getting activated as web node.
When trying to accees the url of the other node it gets redirected to the url (where autoconfig is last run).and for this error observed is Error Code:502 Proxy Error.The specified Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) port is not allowed.(12204).
For both external and internal services are UP.opmn status is live no error.
Using Apache as reverse proxy.
EXTERNAL Reverse proxy settings:
s_login_page http://LONWEB01.process.com:81/OA_HTML/AppsLogin
<TIER_DB oa_var="s_isDB">NO</TIER_DB>
<TIER_ADMIN oa_var="s_isAdmin">NO</TIER_ADMIN>
<TIER_WEB oa_var="s_isWeb">YES</TIER_WEB>
<TIER_FORMS oa_var="s_isForms">YES</TIER_FORMS>
<TIER_NODE oa_var="s_isConc">NO</TIER_NODE>
<TIER_FORMSDEV oa_var="s_isFormsDev">YES</TIER_FORMSDEV>
<TIER_NODEDEV oa_var="s_isConcDev">NO</TIER_NODEDEV>
<TIER_WEBDEV oa_var="s_isWebDev">YES</TIER_WEBDEV>
INTERNAL Middle Tier settings:
s_login_page http://stprojapp01.test.com:8005/OA_HTML/AppsLogin
<TIER_DB oa_var="s_isDB">NO</TIER_DB>
<TIER_ADMIN oa_var="s_isAdmin">YES</TIER_ADMIN>
<TIER_WEB oa_var="s_isWeb">YES</TIER_WEB>
<TIER_FORMS oa_var="s_isForms">YES</TIER_FORMS>
<TIER_NODE oa_var="s_isConc">YES</TIER_NODE>
<TIER_FORMSDEV oa_var="s_isFormsDev">YES</TIER_FORMSDEV>
<TIER_NODEDEV oa_var="s_isConcDev">YES</TIER_NODEDEV>
<TIER_WEBDEV oa_var="s_isWebDev">YES</TIER_WEBDEV>
Are we missing anything....
Thanks & Regards

Hi,
Finally it's resolved...Following is the solution thought to share in the forum:
The configuration of the E-Business Suite environment for DMZ requires profile options hierarchy type to be set
to SERVRESP.
To change the profile options hierarchy type values to SERVRESP, execute the following SQL script as
shown below:
sqlplus / @/patch/115/sql/txkChangeProfH.sql SERVRESP
After successfully completing the above sql script, run Autoconfig in all nodes to complete the profile options configuration.
It's resolved after doing this..

Internal and external DVD burner ?

Hi all, have a general question, currently have a HP ProBook 6455b, obviously has an internal DVD burner.. I am looking to add an external DVD burner...is this possible to run an internal and external at the same time? would I need additional burning software? Burning is quite slow takes over an hr to burn one DVD, currently using Windows DVD burner because it is simple and effective.. or should I just use another program that is quicker? any ideas or suggestions on fast burning programs? thanks you guys are the best!

You're very welcome.
I have never burned a movie with mine but I have burned large 3+ GB ISO images using CD Burner XP, and it takes just a few minutes.
Now, if you mean can you insert a disk in one drive, and copy that disk via the other drive using the same program set to copy or grab disk, that should be possible.
It should show one drive as the one to copy from and one to copy to, just like if you had two DVD drives in a desktop PC.
If you are asking can you simultaneously burn two different files on two different burners using the same program at the same time, that I have no clue. I guess you would have to try it and find out. You would open the program and burn one file to a disk and open the program again and burn another file to the other DVD burner. If the program won't let you open two instances of it at the same time, then you probably could open a different DVD burning program such as the one I posted above and use that to burn the other files with.
Paul

I have lost all audio on both my internal and external speakers.

I have lost audio on both my internal and external speakers. I have checked the System Preferences when my external speakers are plugged in it is acknowledged. When using internal speakers they are also acknowledged. Sound volume on Preferences is on and fully high. The sound buttons on the keyboard do not work and the sound level is now locked in at full sound and cannot be adjusted using the keys. The System Preferences shows that Mute is now checked and I cannot uncheck it. What should I do to get my sound back both internally and externally?

Repair permissions & restart.
Check your settings in the Audio Midi app which is located in the Utilities folder.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1574 Troubleshooting issues with no audio from built-in speakers on Macs
Trick/Tip: Open up GarageBand if installed then, open a program (optional).
Quit out of the GarageBand app.
=====================
Repairing the mysteriously muted Mac
The background on the issue is that there’s a small sensor switch inside the headphone port. When you insert a headphone jack, the sensor understands what's what and changes the sound output setting to Headphones. If you insert a jack for digital audio output, the device changes to Digital Out. When you remove the jack completely, it should read Internal Speakers.
The spirits tell me that there’s a very good chance that you recently had something jacked into this port—a set of headphones or a cable leading to powered speakers, for example. When you removed the jack, something in the port prevented the sensor from tripping correctly. That’s why you see Digital Out instead of internal Speakers.
The solution is to force the sensor to do its job. The safest way to do that is to simply run a jack in and out of the port a few times. Much of the time, this takes care of the problem by correctly tripping the sensor. If that doesn’t work, there may be gunk in the port. Before turning to more invasive techniques, get a can of compressed air, attach the small tube that fits the nozzle, and blast a few shots of air into the port. With any luck, that should dislodge the gunk and the port will operate as it should.
If that doesn’t work, find a foam-tipped swab that fits (electronics shops generally carry them), dip it in rubbing alcohol, and gently insert it into the headphone port in an attempt to wipe away any stubborn gunk. I recommend foam rather than cotton swabs because the cotton variety might leave threads behind. (This same technique works well with misbehaving headphone ports on devices such as iOS devices.)
It's possible that gunk has nothing to do with it. Rather, it may be that the switch just needs a subtle nudge. If a jack or swab doesn't work, I've heard of people successfully resetting it with a deft poke of a toothpick.
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