At first glance I was about to dump this as being an OT mail (Exchange server) issue 
however, I seem to recall a similar problem some time ago.

I think the reason why your internal email is getting bounced is because when 
IDENT/auth lookups (port 113 udp/tcp authentication) are enabled, your firewall is 
probably denying the IDENT lookups to your internal hosts.

Check for the rejected port 113 traffic to your internal hosts in your syslog, this 
should clear things up..

Cheers..

Marc

>>> "Prathabacimman.M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/07 9:56 PM >>>
Thanks to Henry Sieff

Adding more to the above problem yesterday we solved the problem but 
temporarily. As we remove "ip inspect name 'name' smtp" things have started
moving smoothly. But our situation forces us to implement smtp monitoring.
How to go about it..

Prathabacimman.M (call me prathab)

Hi, 

I have a got a very peculiar problem with Cisco IOS Firewall 21.4 on Cisco
2621 Router. Our mail server recides on the DMZ and We have got CBAC and
Access lists enabled on the Router. There's no problem with the traffic
except SMTP. When the authentication is enabled for SMTP relay on our
Exchange Server, the internet clients are unable to send mails thru the
server. The mails get bounced. When the authentication is removed the server
is vulnerable to open relay. There's certainly a problem with the 
router/image/CBAC/ACL but we cannot identify where it lies. Can any one help
me in troubleshooting. 



Prathabacimman.M 

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