It has been my very painful experience that forward all unresolved messages to host does not work in a Pt-Oz[1] environment. I spent 2 weeks trying to get it to work and had PSS on the phone much of the time.
They were quite encouraging.. Me: It's broke. Them: Read Qxxxxx Me: Well, duh. I did, and that's how I set it up. It's wrong. Them: No, it works. Me: Fsck off, set it up and you'll see I'm right. Them: Gee, you're right. Let's try $foo. Repeat variations on $foo for days on end. Figure out another way to meet the desired objectives of this little fiasco and move on. Remain bitter. Make a very polite comment about hiding options which don't work when in certain configurations to a very nice group of developers. Have witnesses to the event remind you of it on a regular basis punctuated by fits of laughter. Now, I could be wrong or I could be completely misunderstanding your environment... But at first blush it sounds like what you're trying to do isn't possible and it might be worthwhile stepping back and talking about what it is you want to accomplish rather than how you intend to get there. [1] Geekspeak for 5.5-E2K Chris -- Chris Scharff Senior Sales Engineer MessageOne If you can't measure, you can't manage! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Edgington, Jeffrey > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 2:00 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Not even sure how to title this.. > > > Sorry, but long... (names have been changed)... any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated (and constructive > criticism humbly accepted). > > > > Environment: > Mixed Mode with 3 E5.5 Servers and 5 E2K servers. > e55-mail01 - E5.5 - IMC, x.400 site connector > e55-mail02 - E5.5 - mailbox server > e55-mail03 - E5.5 - mailbox server > e2k-mail1 - E2K - participating in accepting inbound SMTP for > entire site > e2k-mail2 - E2K - participating in accepting inbound SMTP for > entire site > umr-msxproto1 - E2K - currently just idling - will be a > front-end server > > umr-msxproto2 - E2K - SRS server > umr-msxproto3 - E2K - currently just idling - will be a > front-end server > > --Inbound SMTP mail is flowing through e2k-mail1 and > e2k-mail2 while outbound is flowing through e55-mail01.... > just a transition state... eventually all in/outbound will be > handled by E2K. > > --e2k-mail1 and e2k-mail2 are configured to send all > unresolved e-mail to smtp.domain.edu (Linux Sendmail box)... > this is because domain.edu is shared by AD and Linux and we > have listserv lists (like > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) that are on a Linux Listserv box. > Additionally all mailboxes in Exchange have an additional > e-mail address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] (besides their > primary of [EMAIL PROTECTED]).. this is so mail routed > through smtp.domain.edu can route the smtp mail to either a > sendmail box or exchange.... for example if [EMAIL PROTECTED] > comes in to smtp.domain.edu and he is on exchange, the > address is re-written to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... if he is on > the Sendmail box the address is left unchanged. > > --In E5.5 we have CRs configured with a primary address of > @domain.edu and a forwarding address of @domain.edu (before > my time and I'm unsure as to why it's this way)... messages > addressed to these CRs flow out the IMC on e55-mail01 > > > > Problem: > If I address a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] this will > route through smtp.domain.edu (sendmail) and into e2k-mail1 > or e2k-mail2 (E2K)... these servers will not find this > address... they will then (because they are configured to) > route this to smtp.domain.edu (passing it through e55-mail01 > on the way to smtp.domain.edu).. this is a mail loop and > fills the transaction log drive on e55-mail01.... summary: > > 1. email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not a valid address in exchange) > 2. smtp.domain.edu (sendmail) receives it from the internet > 3. e2k-mail1 (or e2k-mail2) receives it from smtp.domain.edu > 4. E2K box does not resolve the name and so forwards it to > smtp.domain.edu via e55-mail01 > 5. smtp.domain.edu receives it from e55-mail01 and sends it > to e2k-mail1 or e2k-mail2 ... goto 4 > > The reason that I have 'Forward all mail with unresolved > recipients to host' configured (properties of 'default smtp > virtual server' then 'Messages' > tab) is because we have listserv addresses like > [EMAIL PROTECTED] that are hosted on a Linux Listserv box.. > without this configured e-mail to the listserv lists bounce > for users on E2K. > > Additionally, when and E5.5 mailbox sends to a Custom > Recipient (configured as above), the message is sent out the > E5.5 IMC... a mailbox on E2K sends to this same CR and gets > NDR stating " A configuration error in the e-mail system > caused the message to bounce between two servers or to be > forwarded between two recipients. Contact your administrator. > <e2k-mail1.domain.edu #5.4.6> > " > > Questions: > > 1. Is there a way to tell E2K to forward the @domain.edu > messages that don't resolve to smtp.domain.edu without using > the above configuration? > > 2. Is there a way to tell E2K NOT to forward @msx.domain.edu > messages when they don't resolve? > > Things I'm after: > > 1. Mail from exchange to @domain.edu - if addr matches a > primary or proxy address, deliver locally, otherwise send to > smtp.domain.edu > > 2. Mail from exchange to @msx.domain.edu - if addr matches a > primary or proxy address, deliver locally, otherwise bounce > > 3. Mail from exchange to any other domain - send to smtp.domain.edu > > 4. Mail from exchange - if addr matches a primary address for > a custom recipient that is forwarding to @domain.edu that is > not resolvable locally, send it to smtp.domain.edu, do not > treat it as a bounce. (Right now, it bounces on e2k, but on > E55 it dumps it out smtp.domain.edu.) > > 5. The two e2k SMTP hosts should accept mail only for > @domain.edu or @msx.domain.edu (I believe we have this > functional with recipient policy and the setting for relay.) > > Thanks. > > --------------------------------------- > Jeffrey Edgington > Systems Administrator > University of Missouri - Rolla > Are you a Spectator or a Participant? > --------------------------------------- > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
