Thanks for the help. Have ended up just turning off routing/ relaying as it wasn't needed. Couldn't do anything else to prevent the out queue being clogged apart from install a firewall and have mail routed thru the ISP smtp mail server which is up-to-date.
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 July 2002 16:01 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: exchange 5 relay/spamming Exchange 5.0 has two options when it comes to relaying. Allow it, or don't. If you need more granular control, you'll need to upgrade. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 7:25 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: exchange 5 relay/spamming > > I've already read the faq an plenty of Q articles, and in my opinion, > that article (and most others) only relates to exchange 5.5. I do not > have routing restiction button under the routing tab. Q169683 refers to > putting a # sign infront of any routed domains - do I do this when adding > the routed domain - ie #domain.com <inbound> ? > My problem is the software they are running is old - SBS 4 and exchange 5 > sp2. I cannot get the upgrade (to SBS 4.5 which includes exch 5.5) in the > UK as it is discontinued and you cannot technically upgrade to SBS 2k - it > is a fresh install. > > I've turned routing off for now as I found that it was not necessary and > also switched the IMS off over the weekend but when the IMS is on, the > administrators mailbox is filled with ndr's as the relay is no longer open > and the queue gets clogged ensuring no legit mail gets sent out. Not only > that but I am still open to reverseUCE apparently. > > Can anyone help me with this - I need some hands on advice. > Thanks > Rob > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com) intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.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]
