Re: [ActiveDir] exchange confusion(OT)

[Tom Kern]

oh yeah, i can telnet to the journal server from the bridgehead.

NO IMF. NO tarpitting.

 

the bridgehead routes mail to the journal server via a simple GRE tunnel bet 2 cisco routers.

 

thanks again.

i think this needs the help of joe and a "freelance email philospher"(hopefully not an existential one).

 

 

thanks again :)

 

On 10/10/05, Tom Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

ok, it goes like this-

i work for a finanical corp so we have to stay in compliance.

 

i have 2 smtp connectors- one goes to a compliance server, the other to an journal host.

 

for the journal host, all my mail stores point to an external contact(1 smtp proxy addy) for journaling.

this gets routed out a smtp connector going to the journal server.

the addy on the contact is in the form of [EMAIL PROTECTED]. the address space for the smtp connector is *.journaldomain.com.

when mail gets routed out the smtp connector, the RCPT TO: changes from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

i see this in the smtp protocol log on the virtual server of the bridgehead server(i have diag logging turned up to max but the app lof shows nothing).

The journal server will not accept mail for that domain.

mail stays in the queue on the bridgehead.

 

here's where it gets weirder-

when i change the smtp connector addy space to servername.journaldomain.com, mail starts flowing for awhile but then stops as well.

in the log, i just see MAIL FROM: and RCPT TO:, but nothing else.

 

these 2 things might be unrelated but i'd like to know why exchange rewrites the RCPT TO:.

OR

why mail is stuck in the queue in this situation.

 

OR both would be cool too :)

 

SO, Exchange 2k sp3 mixed mode no Exchange 5.5 servers.

 

the contact has 1 smtp proxy addy- [EMAIL PROTECTED]. this is the primary and only smtp addy(1 x.400 addy, of course).

curiously whoever set it up didn't uncheck the "update this addy with recipeint policiy" checkbox, but the smtp addy isn't overwritten by the RUS.

it still has that addy and not our normal addy set by the RUS.

so as you can see, there are alot of strange exchange things going on here.

 

i'd like just an answer to any of these questions.

 

thanks for putting up with me and my story(but i'm sticking to it).

 

thanks

 

 

 

 

On 10/10/05, Ed Crowley [MVP] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

Is this address on a contact that has [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a reply address?

Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
Freelance E-Mail Philosopher
Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!™

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tom Kern
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:33 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] exchange confusion(OT)

 

thats because this addy has special needs.

its a journal contact that needs to be routed out a dedicated connector to a journal server.

 

i still don't understand why exchange rewrites the address to domain.com instead of servername.domain.com.

 

thanks

 

On 10/10/05, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I may regret asking this, but recall I don't know squat about Exchange message routing.

 

Why do you need a connector? If the name is resolvable from your server, it doesn't seem like it should need anything special to get to it.

 

   joe

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tom Kern
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:28 PM
To: activedirectory
Subject: [ActiveDir] exchange confusion(OT)

 

I have a contact with the addy of [EMAIL PROTECTED].

 

I created a smtp connector with an address space of *.domain.com.

 

when exchange 2k sends an email destined for [EMAIL PROTECTED] thru that smtp connector, it rewrites the addy in the RCPT TO: as [EMAIL PROTECTED], taking out the servename.

 

i see this in the smtp logs on the server and the remote server dosen't accept mail to that addy and is saying "relay not allowed".

 

Now, my question-

why is exchange rewriting the address just because i'm using a wildcard in the connector address space?

is this by design?

 

What if i wanted a connector going to every domain under domain.com like subdomain.domain.com and childdomain.domain.com ?

wouldn't i just create a connector with an address space of *.domain.com?

 

should exchange 2k just forward the email without changing the RCPT TO: headers?

 

am i wrong and clueless as usual?

what am i missing?

 

i'm running Exchange 2k post sp3 rollup in mixed mode(but no exchange 5.5 servers or ADC).

 

Thanks alot