Re: SMTP Configuration by Ed
Ed
Mon Jun 30 20:37:41 CDT 2008
You can try this:
1. Create a second SMTP virtual server that uses port 2500.
2. Create an SMTP Connector if you don't already have one with address
space "*" (no quotes) using a local bridgehead that uses the SMTP virtual
server.
I hope that this won't interfere with your internal Exchange traffic, but I
haven't done this before so I can't be completely sure. It's generally not
a best practice to run something like this on the same server.
--
Ed Crowley
MVP - Exchange
"Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"
"Chuck Smith" <smith.chuck48@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:95d16$48697124$d06639ae$17514@FUSE.NET...
>I don't know all the reasons but I think the spam software listens to port
>25 and then passes the good mail on to the server using another port
>because they (exchange and spam software) are both installed on the same
>server. The outbound mail goes back through the same application because it
>builds a white list of any addresses being used in the outbound emails.
>
> I played around with trying to create a different virtual server but I
> didn't know of to configure all the pieces to make it work. It's a one
> man IT shop and it's difficult to put out every fire and be an expert in
> all things IT!
>
> Any suggestions on how to set this up? Thanks
>
> "Ed Crowley [MVP]" <curspice@mvpsnospam.org> wrote in message
> news:%2367dr5v2IHA.2104@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Are you sending outbound mail through the spam application? If so, why?
>> For inbound mail, I don't understand why it has to send mail to the
>> Exchange server using a different port.
>>
>> You can set up a different SMTP virtual server with a new port, and you
>> can configure an SMTP Connector to use it. If you have to send outbound
>> mail through this appliance, this is probably the approach you ought to
>> use.
>> --
>> Ed Crowley
>> MVP - Exchange
>> "Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"
>>
>> "Chuck Smith" <smith.chuck48@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:3987a$4866456b$cf43116e$26682@FUSE.NET...
>>>I have 2 Exchange servers and a Spam Application. The main Exchange is
>>>configured to use port 2500 instead of 25 since the Spam App is
>>>intercepting the mail and then passing the good mail through port 25. My
>>>second server is the problem. If I configure the Default Virtual SMTP
>>>server to deliver using port 2500 internal mail is delivered from the
>>>second server to the main server but internet mail gets stuck in the
>>>queue. If I change the delivery port to 25 the mail delivers but
>>>mailboxes on the main server do not get mail.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to setup a filter/rule and have 2 virtual servers? Or is
>>> there another setting that needs to be configured so the main server
>>> will deliver the internet mail?
>>
>>
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