On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Simon Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > If they are using Google Apps, then the behaviour you have had > reported to you is to be expected.
OK. Haven't used it before. > Google will change the header to match the authenticated user > account. Therefore to send email you have two options. > 1. Use an SMTP relay, either from the ISP or purchase the service. > 2. If they can get a static IP address, set the PTR etc with a host name > that resolves to the IP address. That would usually be > remote.example.com to keep SBS happy. They have a static address, so I had planned on sending direct, and setting up a PTR record. > SPF isn't such a huge issue that everyone says it is, and can cause > more problems than it resolves. So I've heard, but owner has been tutored on SPF, and believes it's a Good Thing (tm). > On the server in general, run the SBS BPA against the system and ensure > it comes up clean. If it is SBS 2003 R2 then it may have the older version > of WSUS on it, which should be installed. Although I would run it against > Microsoft Update to ensure it has everything - although you will need to do > Exchange service pack manually if it isn't installation. Good to know, and a very likely course - I'm a big fan of WSUS. Thanks for the thoughts. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
