Re: Exchange relay for Exchange

From: Al Mulnick (amulnick_No_SPAM_at_ncDOTrr.com)
Date: 05/28/05


Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 13:00:58 -0400

Eh?
Why couldn't Exchange route mail destined for that second domain? That
would be a normal everyday use of Exchange IMHO.

Can you add some details as to why Exchange wouldn't accept for both domains
and act as a message router for that second forest?

"Andrew Hodgson" <me3@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:a6af91lppt9o99n2ts1c1rnahm0d8btrt6@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:05:02 -0400, "NewGuy" <netlister@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I am trying to get one exchange server to send email to another. Server
>>[a]
>>would receive email that is sent to it from outside the network. I have
>>created another domain with exchange server [b] this domain is in its own
>>forest etc. I would like to some how allow server [a] to receive the email
>>as it normally does, but relay email that sent to domain [b].
>
> Once the email gets into Exchange it is not possible because you have
> two forests. It may be possible to do something with IIS SMTP, but it
> may be more useful to put another server in front of both of them with
> forwarding rules. Qmail MTA, for example, has a very simple system
> /var/qmail/control/smtproutes:
>
> domain1.com: server1.domain.com
> domain2.com: server2.domain.com
>
> There are plenty of other systems that will do this for you. This
> also adds the advantage that the Exchange server is not directly on
> the Internet, and that you can put antivirus/spam software on the
> gateway mail server.
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
> --
> Andrew Hodgson in Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
> My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.



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