Thanks Len, we found the issue. In the hosts file I created an entry for the Exchange server itself (host.domain.com not simply domain.com), assuming that Imail did an MX lookup via DNS and the host file corrected the A record for the Exchange box. Stupid now that I realize it (hindsite is 20/20). The knowledge that Imail is not doing an MX lookup is the piece that triggered it. Thanks again! Bob
-----Original Message----- From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Store and Forward >I see other posts relating to this topic but I cannot find a definitive >answer. We wish to use Imail as a gateway for "incoming" mail only in >front of Exchange. Exchange.domain. MX 10 mx1.imailbox.com. >We have created only a bogus host name within Imail >called bogus.com. For your relaying objective, bogus.com is useless. Why have you done this? >Modified the MX record for the real domain to point to >the Imail box. exchange.domain. MX mx1.imailbox.com. >Created a host file entry on the Imail box to point to >the Exchange box ip.ad.re.ss exchange.domain >(MX resolution on the Imail box Imail doesn't use DNS MX lookups when relaying. The Imail SMTP client resolves the A record of the exchange.domain via the hosts file, not DNS. >for the real domain correctly points to the Exchange box as a result). what? how about telling us the real domain names so we aren't confused by your confusion. >We have enabled "Relay Mail for" > and included the IP of the Exchange box. only necessary if you set the Exchange Internet Connector to relay out through Imail. else, useless. >Yet email destined for the real domain is still denied "not a gateway" >at >the Imail box. Follow the Imail manual and my instructions carefully, and it will work. Len To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Digital Link's Declude Anti-Virus]
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