Eureka he exclaims while back-handing his Exchange engineer!!! And the answer is...
After reading some more of your suggestions and grilling my "Exchange expert" on the server config, I did some poking around on the server myself. It seems that the SMTP virtual server was configured with connection control to allow only the local subnet to make connections. I removed this restriction and, amazingly enough, everything works. My engineer claims that they were taught to prevent mail relay by denying access through both connection control and relay restrictions and that's the way he's always configured the servers. Now this may work if your NAT translates the public address to a private address and then contacts the server but I was taught to do it the other way for security. I personally have no MS training. Does anyone know if MS really teaches it this way? If so, I have to go untrain a couple more engineers. Thanks to everyone for your help. Happy Holidays Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=29893&t=29794 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
