DIsabling rerouting mail should work, unless you're doing something funky with mail routing. With it disabled, the IMC will do a directory lookup of all addresses that it knows, and if it doesn't find the address it will reject it.
What entries are in your routing table in the IMS? How is the MX record set up? ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE MCT Senior Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems Atlanta, GA http://www.peregrine.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Murphy, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 5:40 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Dumb Question about Relaying > > > I'm ready to get flamed for this one. (Be gentle)....Better > to learn the > hard way then not at all. > > I have heard everyone talk about not "relaying" mail or not > allowing the > "relaying" of mail. But what exactly does that mean? For > example, I have > my system setup to NOT relay mail as per the FAQ. However, > it states to > enable routing (Reroute incoming SMTP) and then enable > routing restrictions. > > > Let's assume I don't need POP3 or IMAP4. I just want to use > Mapi clients > internally and use OWA for external clients. Do I need to > enable routing to > send and receive internet mail for my domain? I've tried > turning it off (Do > not reroute) but then I cannot receive external mail. > > Sorry for my ignorance but I'm confused on this one. What is > the best way > to do this? My idea is to setup a second SMTP relay that > authenticates to > the primary. This would be my relay for incoming and > outgoing mail. Still, > how do you configure the routing tab to prevent spamming and relaying > accordingly? > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
