I believe what is happening is that the Microsoft Exchange '07 is validating the email address as an existing account on the server. The reason for this is to keep any outside email programs from forwarding email through the server. It's true that CF says that the "from" can be any text but since you're using the Exchange server it has its own rules of how it handles email requests because all CF does it request that Exchange send the email, CF doesn't have an email server built into it. I'm not 100% sure that the rule to allow anonymous outbound email requests on the server but that will be something you'll have to discuss with your Exchange admin, which if I had to guess would be completely against changing this for obvious reasons.
However, I might be able to offer a solution. We had the same problem here and we set up a "dummy" outbound email account on the server that all our CF servers use to send email. That took care of our issue because now we had a registered email address for the server for CF to use, but if you have multiple dummy users that you're sending email from CF (ie - [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc) you'll have to set up an account for each one. Larry Nunn AT&T Mobility LLC IT System Delivery - Customer Care & Billing 12555 Cingular Way, Alpharetta, GA 30004 Windward Bldg 3, Floor 4, Cube 3440C 678.893.3395 (Desk) 404.309.1724 (Cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tina Scurlock Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] CFMail using Microsoft Exchange 2007 I was able to do it with Exchange 2000 until my company upgraded to Exchange 2007. The from attribute is as stated in CF7 LiveDocs: "This attribute does not have to be a valid Internet address; it can be any text string." http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/ht ml/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=00000297.htm Is there anyway around this? On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" :) FYI, its been that way there since before Exchange, back in the Lotus Notes days. DK On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Tina Scurlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have encountered a problem with sending email using a Microsoft Exchange 2007. CFMail will not work unless you have a valid email address in the "from" attribute. Is there anyway around this? Or is this a new feature with Exchange 2007? Thanks everyone! Bettina Scurlock ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
