I don't see why it wouldn't work.
However, why not set the outside box to relay mail correctly, and set the
PIX rules to only allow SMTP between the external and internal machines?
That's a much cleaner setup, IMO.
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Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE MCT
Senior Systems Administrator
Peregrine Systems
Atlanta, GA
http://www.peregrine.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nizar El-Assaad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:10 AM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: ETRN without dial-up
>
>
> Hello
>
> Does the ETRN command work without a dial-up connection, i.e.
> on a LAN/WAN?
>
> I am asking this question because I have a problem in
> configuring my mail
> system. My problem is that I have my mail server (where all
> the mailboxes
> reside) behind a PIX firewall on the secure subnet. Incoming
> internet mail
> will not go directly to my mail server, but to a mail gateway instead,
> located in the DMZ. Now this gateway will hold the mail until
> my original
> mail server opens a connection to it to retrieve the mail (firewall
> configuration only allows connections to be initiated from
> the secure zone
> to the DMZ). I was thinking of using ETRN to dequeue the mail on the
> gateway. Is this feasible? Better yet, is this configuration
> reasonable, or
> there are better alternatives? I heard that ETRN only works
> with dial-up
> connections, is this true?
>
> Thanks a lot for the assistance.
>
> Best Regards
> Nizar El-Assaad
>
>
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