Re: Question Regarding POP3 and SMTP Servers

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:00:32 -0500

PghTopCat wrote:
> I have the same issue. I discovered that the main reason the smtp
> mail gets bounced is because the email address and domain of the
> "sent mail" is on a private domain "ie: something.local" Is yours
> the same? I am also trying to find a way to resolve this particular
> scenario. My first attempt was to add the ISP's email address to my
> exchange users email addresses and make it the default. That took
> care of the sending problem, but it somehow disabled the ability for
> the pop3 connector to retrieve and deliver properly. Anybody have
> anything to offer on this????

Yes - register a domain instead of using your ISP's domain. And host your
own mail. Barring that, I'd post in an SBS group - try
microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs - the POP connector is part of SBS, not
Exchange, and you'll get more help in there.
>
> "dsfseattle" wrote:
>
>> We have just recently installed SBS 2003 Premium Edition. We are
>> using Exchange 2003. Currently we have all email delivered to our
>> webhost to the pop3 accounts. We use the POP3 Connector to bring in
>> the email to the exchange server. We send our outgoing email to the
>> webhost's smtp servers. On two occasions we have had problems
>> sending out email because it appears that the webhost is not
>> allowing the relay.
>>
>> 5.7.1 smtp;550 5.7.1, Relaying Denied
>>
>> I am told by the webhost that this might be because we need to login
>> to the smtp server before we relay out email. They said that we
>> should sign-in every 10 minutes. Now the POP3 Connector shows the
>> best schedule is every minutes. And we do have passworks in the
>> account.
>>
>> QUESTIONS IS: Is there a setting in Exchange to set a smpt server
>> signin?
>>
>> FYI, We are planning to move from this shortly. Before I did that I
>> wanted to have a better strategy on how to handle spam in place.

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