Re: Running ICW

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:23:11 -0400

Carl Stockwell wrote:
> Lanwench
> Have to apologize. When I first looked at the reply and without
> looking carefully, I simply transposed that name into Lawrence.
> Sorry. On my way out to try this and hopefully get them fullyon line.

No problem - I get a lot of that. No worries - hope my reply helps.

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:uAkk4pbpEHA.3520@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Carl Stockwell wrote:
>>> I had posted a question several weeks ago and several of you
>>> suggested that the solution was to rerun ICW. My client has switched
>>> their DSL from static to a dynamic address and everything worked
>>> fine except that they cannot send mail to anyone with SNET as their
>>> ISP. The suggestion made was to rerun ICW and use a smart host
>>> rather than the default SMTP virtual server. My question is this:
>>> the other day I started to run ICW but one of the first options was
>>> a screen giving me an option to creadte a new session or keep
>>> existing settings. I started thru several screens using the default
>>> but cancelled out when it came to IP address settings. They have a
>>> double nic system using a router. I have printed KB articles 297988
>>> and 319267 and in reading them seem to confirm using a smart host.
>>> I don't want to screw up internet access or settings.. I just want
>>> to reconfigure the SMTP so that it points to the new smart host.
>>> I'm sorry I don't have the exact wording on that screen but it made
>>> me pause and ask "What the hell are you doing!" Any help here would
>>> be appreciated
>>
>> You don't have to change the way you send mail to everyone else just
>> to send to a handful of domains via a smarthost on another SMTP
>> connector. I generally prefer not to send *everything* to the ISP's
>> SMTP server - just those domains to which I can't send mail
>> otherwise (usually due to being on a dynamic IP).
>>
>> In Exchange System Manager - find your Connectors section. You should
>> already see a SmallBusiness SMTP connector. If it isn't doing
>> anything else, you can use this...(if not, right-click to create a
>> new SMTP connector. Name it something logical (ISP's SMTP Server,
>> Forward to ISP as Smarthost, etc)
>>
>> In the General tab properties of the SMTP connector, choose "forward
>> all messages to the following smart host"- put your ISP's smtp
>> server's FQDN there.
>>
>> Under local bridgeheads, select your server.
>>
>> In the Address Space tab, remove the * (wildcard), and add the email
>> domains you want (SMTP) - blahblahblah.com, whatnot.... do not
>> select "allow messages to be relayed to those domains" or you'll
>> open yourself up to relay spam.
>>
>> If your ISP's SMTP server requires authentication, you can configure
>> it in the Advanced tab, using the Outbound Security button.
>>
>> When you're done, all mail for domains other than those specified in
>> the connector will go out via the default virtual SMTP server, and
>> the domains in question will be forwarded to your ISP's SMTP server
>> for delivery.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>> thx

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