Re: Exchange ignores Smart Host settings

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No, I didn't. Bellsouth relay actually never requires authentication; all it
wants is that your IP should be in their IP range. I have a feeling that it
could be my virtual SMTP that refuses to relay for some weird reason.

Below is the failure message:

Your message

To: yuril@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: test
Sent: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:46:18 -0400

did not reach the following recipient(s):

yuril@xxxxxxxxx on Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:46:18 -0400
There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email
server. Please contact your system administrator.
<moriluggage.com #5.5.0 smtp;550 relaying mail to amdie.com is not
allowed>



"Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]" wrote:

> BellSouth may require authentication in order to relay through them. When
> you set up Outlook Express, you probably set it up such that "my outgoing
> server requires authentication". Luckily, you can also define outbound
> authentication settings on your SMTP connector under the Advanced tab.
>
> --
> Ben Winzenz
> Exchange MVP
> MessageOne
>
>
> "Kommers" <Kommers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9FBB326A-4211-4C56-BC3A-F5BDA791E5DB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thank you for your answers, guys! We set it up, and it appears to be
> > taking
> > precedence over default virtual SMTP like you said. However, we ran into
> > another problem right after switching to smart host: we started getting
> > delivery failures with "relay denied" when trying to send out. Our virtual
> > default SMTP allows relay from the machine we were sending from. Bellsouth
> > Smart Host was successfully tested on standalone direct connection via
> > Outlook Express. Anything I am missing here?
> >
> > thank you
> >
> > "Matt O'Hara" wrote:
> >
> >> SBS2K3 installs a connector by default and the settings there will take
> >> precedence over the settings in the Virtual server. In the ESM look under
> >> Connectors, there should be an 'SmallBusiness SMTP connector'. On the
> >> General tab of the properties box for the connector you can choose how to
> >> send outbound mail. Remeber that if you opt to use the IP address of the
> >> smarthost, you should enclose it in brackets ( for example
> >> [12.127.17.71] ).
> >>
> >> "Kommers" <Kommers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:96CC6F76-EFAF-420B-AC21-FFE9E044F58C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Hi!
> >> >
> >> > We installed SBS 2003 and Exchange was initially set up to perform its
> >> > own
> >> > SMTP delivery. However, sinve we are on ADSL network, some mail servers
> >> > do
> >> > not accept
> >> > our e-mails. Therefore, we decided to redirect all outgoing e-mail to
> >> smart
> >> > host mail.bellsouth.net. We entered this into smart host settings under
> >> > default virtual SMTP server, but it doesn't seem to work, as all
> >> > outgoing
> >> > e-mail continues to flow directly from Exchange. Restarting virtual
> >> > SMTP
> >> and
> >> > SMTP service didn't help. Is there anything I am missing here? Do we
> >> > need
> >> to
> >> > configure SMTP connector first?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you
> >> >
> >> > Yuri Levenfeld
> >> >
> >> > IT Manager
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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