I would like to set up an SMTP mail store and forward server using
Microsoft's SMTP server that can accept email for my domains in the event
that my primary iMail server is temporarily down. I would also like to be
able to send outbound email through this secondary server because we
occasionally
Mike,
To do a backup MX right, it is best to use a server that is physically
located elsewhere and uses a different bandwidth provider. I found
another administrator to help me with these services using a combination
of MS SMTP and VamSoft's ORF. You can configure MS SMTP to gate all
E-mail
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Hoyt
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 3:56 PM
To: Declude.JunkMail
Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] MS SMTP store and forward
I would like to set up an SMTP mail store and forward server using
Microsoft's SMTP server that can accept email for my domains
You can configure MS SMTP to gate all E-mail through a 'Smart Host',
but it won't do any address verification on the gateway and it will
appear like it is an open relay.
That's not true--whether or not address verification is done for MX
domains has nothing to do with being an open
I was careful to say that it will appear like an open relay. This
is important because I saw two different GroupWise servers attacked
in the same week because they accepted every message regardless of
domain...
Regardless of domain? That's not what happens with MS SMTP (with or
without
