Re: Can't setup multiple smart hosts
- From: "Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]" <ben_winzenz@nospamdotmessageonedotcom>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:10:54 -0600
SMTP Connector settings do not apply to Administrative Groups. Admin groups
are only a security/delegation boundary. They are not a routing boundary.
When you go to the help on that topic, it shows that setting the scope
defines which servers the SMTP Connector will be available to. However,
Cost needs to be taken into account as well. Exchange servers always take
the lowest cost, so they would likely only use the SMTP connector if it was
a lower cost than their normal delivery method.
In your case, I believe that you'll have to create a separate SMTP Connector
for each Routing group, and you will have to use SmartHosts. If this is
indeed the case, then setting the scope to Routing Group shouldn't have any
effect, though you might want to leave it to Organization so that it can be
used as a path if a less expensive path is not available...
Have you considered consolidating Routing Groups? Are all the servers in
these different routing groups in different locations with slow connecttions
between them?
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"dave313" <dave313@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> One question on the Entire Organization setting...is that truely the
> entire
> org or only that administration group?
>
> Reason I ask is that we are 4 unique areas (admin groups), and really only
> want it to affect my admin group (17 sites/RGs), not all 4 areas.
>
> "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?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ben Winzenz
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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.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Ben Winzenz
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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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