Because the server is going to bind to ALL the NIC cards in the machine, whether you want it to or not. Perhaps blocking port 25 on the gateway NIC will stop the behavior you are seeing.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Torben Frandsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:06 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Server uses wrong connection > > > Hi, > > I have an Exchange Server 5.5 SP2 on an NT4 machine with two Internet > connections, one RAS with a server assigned IP address and > one 'normal' > through the gateway router. I use the RAS for sending and > receiving mail > (ETRN). This works perfectly well 95% of the time. > > After both me and the ISP wading through the logs to find out > why we got > '553 Relaying Denied', we found that when it happened, the > Exchange Server > had connected through the gateway instead of dialing. How > come this happens > when I've checked the 'Dial using...' on the IMS Connections tab? > > Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards, > > Torben Frandsen, IT-koordinator > ======================= > Belman Production A/S > Malervej 4, DK-6710 Esbjerg V > Tel.: +45 76 12 26 26 > Fax: +45 75 15 59 59 > ICBM: 55.52, -8.43 > ======================= > The best argument against democracy is a five-minute > conversation with the > average voter. > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
