RE: Help! Mail Queue is all blocked up...
Xwall 3.28 does allow for GAL checking ... Although I haven't tried it yet mike -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 5:50 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Help! Mail Queue is all blocked up... Since Xwall has no knowledge of the users on the system, it accepts ALL stinking e-mail messages, and then forwards them to the Exchange box. Since spammers use blind name lists, attempting to get lucky, and hit all the possible [EMAIL PROTECTED], the Exchange Server wants to send NDR reports to EACH and EVERY piece of Spam mail that comes into the system. You could try ORF from www.vamsoft.com - I've not used it but apparently it hooks into Active Directory/LDAP at the RCPT TO to validate the recipient. Another option, though not MS would be a linux/bsd MTA such as postfix, I use this with an hourly export of the GAL and we reject around 7000 pieces of mail a week to random/old addresses. regards, Paul _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Help! Mail Queue is all blocked up...
Since Xwall has no knowledge of the users on the system, it accepts ALL stinking e-mail messages, and then forwards them to the Exchange box. Since spammers use blind name lists, attempting to get lucky, and hit all the possible [EMAIL PROTECTED], the Exchange Server wants to send NDR reports to EACH and EVERY piece of Spam mail that comes into the system. You could try ORF from www.vamsoft.com - I've not used it but apparently it hooks into Active Directory/LDAP at the RCPT TO to validate the recipient. Another option, though not MS would be a linux/bsd MTA such as postfix, I use this with an hourly export of the GAL and we reject around 7000 pieces of mail a week to random/old addresses. regards, Paul _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Help! Mail Queue is all blocked up...
You could try this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324021 Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Anderson Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:16 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Help! Mail Queue is all blocked up... Hello everyone, I am running Exchange 2000 on an internal server. I am publishing the SMTP Service on my ISA Box, and I am routing all my mail to Xwall (a popular Spam package) which in turn routes mail to the Exchange Box. Xwall runs on Port 25, and Exchange SMTP (incoming) runs on Port 24 (so they can both coexist on the same box). Since Xwall has no knowledge of the users on the system, it accepts ALL stinking e-mail messages, and then forwards them to the Exchange box. Since spammers use blind name lists, attempting to get lucky, and hit all the possible [EMAIL PROTECTED], the Exchange Server wants to send NDR reports to EACH and EVERY piece of Spam mail that comes into the system. So as you can imagine, I have thousands of messages queued up - and it takes FOREVER for a LEGIT message, initiated from a user on the system, to actually make it out of the system and reach the remote mail server for delivery - because it's competing with all these outgoing NDR (and whatever else) messages. What can I do??? Short of running Exchange Raw - so it can deny the message on the spot (since it has direct knowledge of the users on the system), I don't know what else to do. Can anybody help? Are there other suggestions I can try, in order to reduce my mail congestion problem? Thanks in advance, Mike _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help! Mail Queue is all blocked up...
Hello everyone, I am running Exchange 2000 on an internal server. I am publishing the SMTP Service on my ISA Box, and I am routing all my mail to Xwall (a popular Spam package) which in turn routes mail to the Exchange Box. Xwall runs on Port 25, and Exchange SMTP (incoming) runs on Port 24 (so they can both coexist on the same box). Since Xwall has no knowledge of the users on the system, it accepts ALL stinking e-mail messages, and then forwards them to the Exchange box. Since spammers use blind name lists, attempting to get lucky, and hit all the possible [EMAIL PROTECTED], the Exchange Server wants to send NDR reports to EACH and EVERY piece of Spam mail that comes into the system. So as you can imagine, I have thousands of messages queued up - and it takes FOREVER for a LEGIT message, initiated from a user on the system, to actually make it out of the system and reach the remote mail server for delivery - because it's competing with all these outgoing NDR (and whatever else) messages. What can I do??? Short of running Exchange Raw - so it can deny the message on the spot (since it has direct knowledge of the users on the system), I don't know what else to do. Can anybody help? Are there other suggestions I can try, in order to reduce my mail congestion problem? Thanks in advance, Mike _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
