Thanks Chris. I went back and looked at that, because I thought I had set that option on our side once, but I guess not. I set the scope to our site and advised the other admin to do the same. Hopefully, we won't see this anymore.
Thanks again, Jim Blunt On 2/9/06, Chris Scharff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 5.5...... been a while. I believe if you tried to delete those entries > Exchange would simply put them back. That entry is there because it is > available in the routing table. It's available in the routing table > because the IMS in the other site isn't scoped correctly (assuming you > never want internet mail to flow out through that gateway). If their IMS > is not supposed to be an option available to your site they should > restrict its scope. > > -- > Chris Scharff > Messaging Services Architect > MessageOne > 512.652.4500 > > > > This message sent using Outlook 12 Beta 1. Please report any problems to > sender. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim > Blunt > Posted At: Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:27 AM > Posted To: swynk > Conversation: GWART problem... > Subject: GWART problem... > > Scenario: > > 1. Two separate companies, currently sharing the same org, with > separate sites. > 2. Each site has their own Internet Mail Connector. > 3. Their site is Exchange 2003 with an Ex5.5 ADC and a bridgehead. > Our site is straight 5.5, SP4. > 4. Neither site wants the other's NDRs flowing through their > system...they have been getting a flood of ours lately. > 5. We have an external mail relayer that will not allow e-mail to be > delivered to anyone that is not specifically listed in the external > recipient's table. All the NDRs are coming from internal sources > (specifically from Unix/Linux boxes sending off notifications). > > I hadn't been able to figure out why this keeps happening...been looking > for the reason for roughly 6 months. I think I have finally found the > reason. In our site's Configuration container, I went to the properties > of the Site Addressing option. On the Routing tab, there are two > entries for SMTP. The first one has a cost of 1 and is going out our > IMS. The second one (and I have no idea where it came from or when it > got there) has a cost of 2 and contains both the Outgoing Internet Mail > Gateway AND the Site Connector for the other site. Unfortunately, there > is no way for me to remove or modify the options within this second > route. > > So...in Paul Robichaux's Exchange 5.5 book, "Managing Microsoft Exchange > Server", page 247, paragraph 3, it states, "This information comes > directly from the GWART; if, for some reason, you want to see it in its > raw, unedited, poorly formatted glory, the MTA stores a text copy of the > GWART in \exchsrvr\mtadata\gwart0.mta." I opened that text file, and > Voila!, there was the information! What would happen, if I simply > deleted the second SMTP route from this file and restarted all the > services on the routing server? > > TIA, > > Jim Blunt > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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. > > > ontacted 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. > > _________________________________________________________________ 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.
