Re: Can't setup multiple smart hosts
- From: "dave313" <dave313@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:13:58 -0800
Hmmm....that is much easier...duh. Will give it a go.
"Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]" wrote:
> Better accomplished by setting up an SMTP Connector, and you don't even have
> to use a SmartHost.
>
> Under the Routing Group, Connectors, create a new SMTP Connector. Specify
> the 2 central servers (assuming they are Exchange servers) as Bridgehead
> servers. Specify the Address Space as *. Let it use DNS to route mail (it
> will work fine). Specify that the scope be Organization.
>
> Once you do this, ALL external mail should route to one of the Bridgehead
> servers, which will then use normal methods (DNS) to lookup the remote
> destination and send the mail. This is what you are desiring, correct?
>
>
>
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> "dave313" <dave313@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:82AF9BD7-D04F-4CD7-8AA6-702B33B9022B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > What we have is the following:
> >
> > 16 Exchange sites each with their own server. Each server current sends
> > any
> > external mail directly to the internet. This is NOT what we want. We
> > want
> > all external destination mail to come to a central point for control and
> > go
> > out 1 of 2 servers (these servers have the reverse DNS on the internet for
> > proper SPAM checking).
> >
> > We thought using the smart host to forward external to these 2 servers
> > woudl
> > be the best and preferred way to accomplish this?
> >
> > But as mentioned in another message in here and mine, you can't specify
> > more
> > than 1 smart host on a VS.
> >
> > "Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Don't configure Smarthosts on the SMTP Virtual Server, for starters.
> >>
> >> Create an SMTP Connector to do this. Assugn the connector the address
> >> space
> >> of "*".
> >>
> >> Where exactly do you get the error? If you use [1.2.3.4];[1.2.3.4] it
> >> should allow that just fine.
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> <dave313@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:1135697582.766753.15270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Trying to setup all my servers to forward their externally bound
> >> > internet mail to 2 servers so we can better control the mail flow
> >> > outbound.
> >> >
> >> > On the SMTP virtual server, if we enter in the smart hosts names or IPs
> >> > as follows we get an error saying "The Domain Name Is Not Valid":
> >> >
> >> > FQDN1;FQDN2 or [1.2.3.4];[1.2.3.5]
> >> >
> >> > If we put just 1 of the FQDN or the IP it will accept that, but not
> >> > multiples of either. Any ideas why?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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