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

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