Re: Change Outbound/Outgoing SMTP Port in Exchange Server 2003

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Hi,

Have you considered to have the alternate server listen on port 2025 or
would that affect a lot of other communication.

Leif

"Tony" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uDCbH74HGHA.3944@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Leif,
>
> I changed the outgoing port [to 2025 as I needed it to be] which also
> changes the msExchSmtpOutgoingPort (see
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/E2k3TechRef/b8aafeb4-8883-482b-8cf8-77b3975336b3.mspx)
> but now I have some inbound mail queued up in the "Site Connector (Routing
> Group Connector)" for delivery to an alternate Exchange 2003 server. When
> I change everything back to 25 the messages in this queue are delivered
> properly - but then I can not accomplish the outbound 2025 email.
>
> Can you offer any further assistance or shall I call Microsoft?
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
> "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <leif.pedersenNO-SPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23fbt8tcGGHA.1452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> Then try the delivery tab outbound connections button.
>>
>> Leif
>>
>> "Tony Scarola" <tony[remove_this_spamblock]@scarolas.com> wrote in
>> message news:uGKFtRXGGHA.1628@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Leif,
>>>
>>> You are referring to the listening port of the SMTP virtual server.
>>> Unfortunately that is not the correct setting and would not help. What I
>>> need is the port to which the SMTP virtual server SENDS email on to the
>>> smart host. This is typically also port 25, however, it should be
>>> possible to change as it is with many other SMTP applications. There
>>> seems to be no setting option within the GUI so I assume there must be a
>>> registry setting.
>>>
>>> Thank you anyway.
>>>
>>> "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <leif.pedersenNO-SPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:%23WtPoeVGGHA.376@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On the SMTP connector, general tab - click advanced button and here you
>>>> can change the port used by SMTP.
>>>>
>>>> Leif
>>>>
>>>> "Tony" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:OLbkpuRGGHA.1424@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Hello everyone. Happy new year.
>>>>>
>>>>> In our setup we have one Exchange Server 2003 on the "inside" of the
>>>>> network
>>>>> (behind the firewall) and an SMTP gateway on the "DMZ" side of the
>>>>> network
>>>>> (middle of the firewall). On the SMTP gateway is one application that
>>>>> currently performs both virus and content filtering/scanning. We
>>>>> currently
>>>>> forward all outgoing email to the SMTP gateway by using the "smart
>>>>> host"
>>>>> feature and this works great.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the future we wish to split the single application that resides on
>>>>> the
>>>>> SMTP gateway server into two; one for virus scanning and one for email
>>>>> content filtering. We want to keep both applications on the single
>>>>> server as
>>>>> it is very robust and capable of running both very well.
>>>>>
>>>>> So once complete, things will look like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> [Inside: Exchange Server 2003 SMTP] ---> [DMZ: Spam Filter ---> Virus
>>>>> Filter] ---> Internet
>>>>> and
>>>>> Internet ---> [DMZ: Virus Filter ---> Spam Filter] ---> [Inside:
>>>>> Exchange
>>>>> Server 2003 SMTP]
>>>>>
>>>>> (Also see attached.)
>>>>>
>>>>> My problem is that in order to get this working properly, since the
>>>>> SMTP TCP
>>>>> port of the email spam content-filtering application must be changed
>>>>> to
>>>>> something other than port 25 (i.e. 2525), I cannot figure out how to
>>>>> tell
>>>>> Exchange Server 2003 to send outgoing email to the smart host on a
>>>>> different
>>>>> port other than port 25.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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