smart host

[ashleym]

A client is changing their isp to the local telco for highspeed. The client hosts their mail on exchange, they retrieve it from their isp using the pop3 connector, but have been sending outbound from the exchange server using dns. The telco blocks outbound mail on port 25 and forces you to send out through their smtp servers. Do I need to configure the smtp connector in exchange to use the telco's smtp servers as a smarthost for outbound mail? How else could I do this?

Thanks.

AM

 

[Evilbart]

You can configure Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server to route mail for remote domains through a smart host. You can identify smart hosts by either a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or an IP address. If you use an IP address, you must enclose it in brackets ([]). Exchange 2000 checks first for a server name, and then an IP address. The brackets identify the value as an IP address, so Exchange 2000 bypasses the Domain Name Server (DNS) lookup.

You can specify multiple smart hosts based on either FQDN or IP address separated by a semicolon (. If you specify a combination of IP address and FQDN, then make sure that the smart hosts specified by IP address appear after those specified by FQDN.

For Example:
ip of smarthost1; ip of smarthost2
fqdn of smarthost1; fqdn of smarthost2
fqdn of smarthost1; ip of smarthost2

The following combination does not load balance:
ip of smarthost1; fqdn of smarthost2

The smart host setting for SMTP virtual servers is similar to the setting configured on the SMTP connectors in Exchange 2000. Microsoft recommends configuring smart hosts on the connector, because connectors can handle message delivery on a per-domain basis.

i just copy-pasted this cuz i'm to lazy to write it myself... so copyrighted by microsoft that is

//Bart