Re: XEXCH50 Command when sending E-mail !

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From: Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP] (ben_winzenz_at_NOSPAMdotmessageonedotcom)
Date: 01/26/05


Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:07:06 -0600

I think that's spot on. I was looking at it earlier and didn't think it
would apply, but the pertinent section is probably the following. Sounds
like what needs to be done is suppress sending the XEXCH50 command to
external domains.

Event ID 7004 with error 504 is also expected if the server is an external
Internet server (Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003).

If an Exchange 5.5 server has version 5.5.2657.72 of Msexcimc.exe or later
of the Internet Mail Service (IMS) connector, and if the Exchange 5.5 server
exists in an e-mail domain that is external to the sending Exchange 2000
Server computer or to the Exchange Server 2003 computer, the receiving
Exchange 5.5 IMS connector will not understand the XEXCH50 command from the
sending Exchange Server computer. The 7004 event with the "505
Authentication required" error in the application log on the sending
Exchange Server computer is typical when mail is being sent from an Exchange
2000 Server computer or from an Exchange Server 2003 computer to an Exchange
5.5 Server computer in an external e-mail domain over the Internet. One way
to resolve this issue to suppress sending the XEXCH50 command outside the
Exchange organization where the Exchange 2000 Server computer or the
Exchange Server 2003 computer resides.

To resolve this behavior on the Exchange 2000 Server computer or on the
Exchange Server 2003 computer, you can set the SuppressExternal registry key
to 1. This setting prevents Exchange Server from trying to send the XEXCH50
command outside the Exchange organization.
For additional information about how to create the SuppressExternal registry
key and set it to 1, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
818222 Messages remain in an outbound queue until a non-delivery report is
generated when you send e-mail to a remote domain

-- 
Ben Winzenz
Exchange MVP
"Fitz Crittle [MSFT]" <fitzcrit@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:ugNXZP%23AFHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> See the article below:
>
> 843106 How to troubleshoot the "504 need to authenticate first" SMTP 
> protocol
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=843106
>
> Thanks,
> Fitz Crittle
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
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> Please do not send email to this address, post a reply to this newsgroup
>
> "Ken Yu" <none@none.com> wrote in message 
> news:eePXDX2AFHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>>            I have big problem when i sending all E-mail to one domain, 
>> but i can sent e-mail to other domain.
>> When i sending the e-mail to (example : abc@abc.com), i will receive the 
>> error message from my mail server ( i using Exchange Server 2003 ) :
>>
>> Error Message :
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
>>
>>      Subject: Testing E-mail !
>>      Sent: 1/26/05 12:54
>>
>> The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
>>
>>      'abc@abc.com' on 1/26/05 12:54
>>            You do not have permission to send to this recipient.  For 
>> assistance, contact your system administrator.
>>            <My_mail_server #5.7.1 smtp;550 5.7.1 Requested action not 
>> taken: message refused>
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I tried to read the SMTP Log File, when i send the e-mail to this domain, 
>> the XEXCH50 command will appear in OutboundConnectionCommand,
>> so the remote mail server OutboundConnectionResponse 
>> 550+5.7.1+Requested+action+not+taken:+message+refused.
>>
>>
>> SMTP Log File :
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> - 25 - - 
>> 220+ExchSrv.domain+Microsoft+ESMTP+MAIL+Service,+Version:+6.0.3790.211+ready+at++Tue,+25+Jan+2005+20:55:41+-0500+ 
>> 0 0 113 0 0 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 EHLO - My_mail_server 0 0 4 0 0 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 - - 250-ExchSrv.domain+Hello+[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] 0 0 42 0 250 
>> SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 MAIL - FROM:<test@test.com> 0 0 4 0 266 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 - - 250+2.1.0+test@test.com....Sender+OK 0 0 45 0 500 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 RCPT - TO:<abc@abc.com> 0 0 4 0 500 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 - - 250+2.1.5+abc@abc.com+ 0 0 25 0 859 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 XEXCH50 - 1080+4 0 0 7 0 1297 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 - - 504+Need+to+authenticate+first 0 0 30 0 1547 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 BDAT - 4250+LAST 0 0 4 0 1547 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 - - 550+5.7.1+Requested+action+not+taken:+message+refused 0 0 53 0 
>> 1938 SMTP - - - -
>> - 25 QUIT - - 0 0 4 0 1953 SMTP - - - -
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Please help !
>>
>> Tks a Lot !
>>
>>
>>
>
> 


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