Hi Stephan, yes that works.
Oh..... I forgot to thank you for the quick turnaround on the three SIP to IAX
conversions. All the IAX lines are working nicely.
It's difficult to quantify these things but I think your new server IAX03
actually
sounds better.
Henry
< Stephan Monette>
> Hi everyone.
>
> To fix this mail issue, I just change the config of SendMail to send all
> emails to one email server only.
>
> In the config file "sendmail.cf" and "submit.cf" of my Asterisk server,
> I set the following Smart Relay option:
>
> # "Smart" relay host (may be null)
> DSmail.taug.ca
>
> (mail.taug.ca is just an example, replace it with either your local mail
> server IP address or your email server FQDM).
>
> You need to restart SendMail with this command on your Asterisk server:
> service sendmail restart
>
> By using an email smart relay, all emails from my Asterisk server are
> relayed to one email server only.
>
> It works fine for me.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Stephan Monette
> Unlimitel Inc.
>
> Tel.: 613-688-6212. x221
> TF : 1-877-464-6638, x221
> FAX : 613-482-1077
>
>
>
> Claudius Fortis wrote:
>> Dave - [EMAIL PROTECTED] continues to serve its role up this day .... simple
>> but effective t-shooting steps.
>>
>> Back to the main question ...
>>
>> Since we all seem to blame DNS (MX records....) for this problem, here's a
>> simple solution I implemented
>> when faced to this problem: Use the culprit to solve the problem
>>
>> - I've seen the same problem on more than one config. and here's my simple
>> solution
>> - Since on an Exchange Srv network, we'd generally have DNS server running
>> locally, just recreate a
>> local MX records and set this local DNS srv as one of the primary DNS srv on
>> your asterisk box and it
>> shud get the headaches off....
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Dave Donovan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:51 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] SendMail and exchange server
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2008 5:12 PM, Henry L.Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi all, go a client who wants to send email voice attachments to an
>>> exchange server on the same LAN
>>> the SMTP works for external addresses but not internal.
>>> Any solutions ?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Everything Alex said is good. To that I would add that you should consider
>> what's happening with DNS. Your Asterisk box is doing a DNS query for the
>> MX (mail exchange) record of the domain. If [EMAIL PROTECTED] has
>> resolves to an external address, and the firewall isn't setup to allow
>> hairpin routing you could have a problem. That is DNS is telling Asterisk
>> that the mail server is on the internet rather than indicating, as you say,
>> that it's on the LAN.
>>
>> Back to Alex's point; one way to test relay is to telnet to port 25. From a
>> windows machine:
>> telnet mailserverLANaddress 25
>> (it should send you a welcome header)
>> (you type) helo henry (most servers don't care what you put, they just want
>> you to say helo)
>> (it should say helo back)
>> (you type) mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> (server says something like "sender OK")
>> (you type) rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (specify a valid exchange user)
>> (server will confirm with OK or something)
>> (you type) data
>> (you type) testing this email server. TESTING 1-2-3. Is this thing on?
>> (you type) . (just a single period on a line by itself and just press enter)
>> (server will confirm message received and it's being sent.)
>>
>> Telnetting to SMTP servers has been a very helpful diagnostic in my
>> experience. It gets you right to the root of the problem quickly. You just
>> have to learn to speak SMTP.
>>
>> One note. Some antimalware programs prevent workstations from using port
>> 25. I banged my head against the wall for half an hour trying to
>> troubleshoot a mail server only to find out that Mcafee was blocking port 25
>> from the workstation I was using to test. DOH!
>>
>> I hope that's helpful,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Henry L. Coleman
>>> VOIP-PBX.CA Tel: 647-723-5160 / 1-866-415-5355
>>> http://voip-pbx.ca
>>>
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