Re: SMTP event sink does not fire on Outgoing mail

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Any suggestions what else I might need to do?

This didn't work so I also tried:
Connectors

Are you using an SMTP Connector? The settings on the SMTP connector
override the settings on the SMTP virtual server. And the thing you are
connecting to will only work on port 25


Sorry,
(david)


"Nick" <NoOne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi David / Ace,

Just tried this out but unfortunately could not get any outbound mail
flowing.

Here is what I did:
Eschange System Manager
Protocols - SMTP
Default virtual server
Outgoing port - Properties, Delivery, Outbound Connections:
2026
My Virtual Out - new Virtual Server
Incoming port - Properties, General, Advanced, Edit, Port:
2026
Access, Relay: All except the following: <blank>

This didn't work so I also tried:
Connectors
SmallBusiness SMTP connector
General -> Local bridgeheads -> Add: My Virtual Out

Unfortunately still no traffic flows. Queued mail is just labled "The
remote server did not respond to a connection attempt"

Any suggestions what else I might need to do?

Thanks,
Nick


"Nick" <NoOne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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David,

Many thanks for that very concise explanation, very helpful.

Nick


"david" <david@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you, I ought to know that :~)

On the outbound connection for the Default SMTP Virtual Server,
change the outbound port.
On the inbound connection for the new SMTP Virtual Server,
change the inbound port.

To change the inbound port, go to Properties, General, Advanced, Edit.
To change the outbound port, go to Properties, Delivery, Outbound
Connections.

Here is a demonstration of the outbound port:
http://www.no-ip.com/support/guides/email/quick_start_alternate_port_smtp.html

Don't use port 587 for this. This is not a "Message Submission Agent",
and you don't want agents submitting messages to the new SMTP Virtual
Server. In fact, I would not recommend using port 1025,2025,3025, etc:
you don't need to make it easy for anyone to submit mail to the new SMTP
Virtual Server, it's only purpose is as a loop-back connector for
Exchange. Of course, this SMTP Virtual Server should only accept mail
from the one source anyway.

Note, anther use of changing the Exchange ports is to add a spam filter.
Put a spam-filter SMTP server on port 80, have it forward mail to
another port, and make that port the input port for an input SMTP
Virtual Server. Done this way (1) you don't a separate spam filter
machine (2) you don't need a spam filter that installs inside exchange,
(3) you don't have to mess around with DNS when you take your filter
machine offline, (4) your outgoing as well as your incoming SMTP mail
goes through the filter (on port 80)

(david)

"Ace Fekay [MCT]" <aceman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"david" <david@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Because the only events are for mail which is Arriving,
not outgoing.

To make your outgoing mail "arrive", add a second
SMTP thing to Exchange, and route all of your outgoing
mail through it, and then on from it in the normal way.

All of your outgoing mail from Exchange goes out
through your original SMTP thing, into the new one,
and then out to the world. An event sink on the
new SMTP thing will see all outgoing mail arriving.

(david)
*OK, I can't remember what the SMTP thing is called.
Just go to Exchange, find SMTP, and create a new one.


You are referring to an SMTP Virtual Server (VS). To do that, will
require an additional IP address on SBS. THis is because each virtual
server instance will be using port 25, and you can't have additional
virtual servers with the same port on the same IP. It causes a
conflict. Therefore it needs another IP to set it up. Unfortunately,
SBS will have trouble handling additional IPs on a NIC, which will
complicate and cause problems with AD.

Ace











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