I don't know of any "best practices" but I believe that the Windows SMTP Service is perfectly capable of acting as an SMTP relay host. I think it's a better service to put in a DMZ than an Exchange server, for example. ISA is probably a better, though more costly, choice.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erick Thompson Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:37 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Advantages of using IIS SMTP routing I am going through a change of ISP, and so I'm looking at network configurations. The only positive thing that I can think of is security (IIS SMTP is very solid), while the downsides include the SMTP bouncing being needed, for example with an invalid email address. If the connection was directly to the Exchange server, it would get rejected during the remote->local SMTP connection. What are the advantages of using IIS to route SMTP mail to an Exchange 2003 server? Is there a best practice on this? Thanks, Erick _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
