Re: External mail being returned

From: John (John_at_nospam.infovis.co.uk)
Date: 11/06/04


Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 00:29:23 -0000

Re-ran the wizard a couple of time. No luck. Not sure if I am running
smart-host. How do I check?

Regards

"Henry Craven" <IUnknown@Dot.Nyet> wrote in message
news:OmU95E5wEHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> How did they manage to configure the server as an open relay in the
> first place ? ( considering it's locked down by default.... )
>
> Have you re-run the CEICWizard and if you're using Smart-host set the
> correct authentication ?
>
> --
> Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
> Melbourne Australia
>
> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OfMrnv4wEHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi
> >
> > Whenever a user sends a mail to an external email, he/she gets the
> following
> > message;
> >
> > The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
> > user@externaldomain.com on ...
> > You do not have permission to send to this recipient. For assistance,
> > contact your system administrator.
> > <mydomain.com #5.7.1>
> >
> > The problem started when the client were informed by their isp that
> their
> > server was being used to relay thousands of spam emails. They in their
> hurry
> > to stop spam relay, did a few changes based on what they were told
> over the
> > phone by isp tech support. This stopped the spam but also all external
> > emails. They can't remember all the things they did.
> >
> > I have gone through the server and checked and corrected the common
> things
> > like recipient policies & SMTP virtual server. The external mail has
> still
> > not worked. Is there another place that I need to look at? Also what
> is the
> > way to avoid the server being used as an open relay?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
>
>



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