Rob Power
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
Mail not working if relaying is off |
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Hello:
I recently setup an Exchange 2003 server for a customer. For some unknown
reason, we can not send or receive mail unless relaying under the default
smtp virtual server is set to allow "all except the list below". Of course,
this presents a problem with this server being an open relay and is then on
the ordb.org list thus blocking mail to many addresses or having mail tagged
as spam. If I set the option to "only the list below" with a blank list, only
internal mail works, nothing goes in or comes out. All other settings are at
the defaults. Any suggestions as to what to do about this would be helpful.
Please reply to rpower26<remove this>@hotmail.com
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Rob Power
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
Re: Mail not working if relaying is off |
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As for my problem, I know that Exchange sever is normally configured to not
allow relaying and that is how this one was originally set up. However, when
we started having problems with the connection going up and down, and the ISP
was saying there was nothing wrong with the line, one of my associates turned
relaying on to see if that would work. Well, it was probably only coincidence
that the internet connection started working at that moment but he left
relaying on. Then, when I tried to turn relaying off again, they were unable
to receive any mail at all from outside their own domain.
After many hours of searching for an answer, I decided to bite the bullet
and pay for a support call. While on hold waiting for a technician, I was
looking at all of the various settings in Exchange. I came across the smtp
generation rules (Server> Recipients> Recipient policies> Default policy>
e-mail address policy> smtp) that specifies the domain extension. In this
case it was set to .local (I used the default when setting up Active
directory). I changed it to .com and selected not to apply to existing
accounts because they were already changed. Well, when I finally got
connected with a tech, and we tried it again so I could demonstrate to her
exactly what was happening, it worked just fine! Honest to God, we didn't
change anything else, it just started to work! Go figure?
"Tom Felts" wrote:
| Quote: | See if this helps:
http://www.petri.co.il/preventing_exchange_2000_2003_from_relaying.htm
"Rob Power" <RobPower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:486FB1BE-BC8B-48B1-AABB-AC64AB57DE40@microsoft.com...
Hello:
I recently setup an Exchange 2003 server for a customer. For some unknown
reason, we can not send or receive mail unless relaying under the default
smtp virtual server is set to allow "all except the list below". Of
course,
this presents a problem with this server being an open relay and is then
on
the ordb.org list thus blocking mail to many addresses or having mail
tagged
as spam. If I set the option to "only the list below" with a blank list,
only
internal mail works, nothing goes in or comes out. All other settings are
at
the defaults. Any suggestions as to what to do about this would be
helpful.
Please reply to rpower26<remove this>@hotmail.com
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