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Smarthost for local users - 6.May2009 9:19:06 AM

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I have some problems whith my new exchange 2007 server. I try to deliver local mail (between AD users) through a smarthost. We configure send-connector (one for internal mail, and another for all outgoing mail) but mails still pass through the local delivery process.

Can you help me plz.

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RE: Smarthost for local users - 6.May2009 9:30:25 AM

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Your internal users shouldn't need any smarthost configuration.
Can you explain what you are trying to achieve or what you are doing internally.

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RE: Smarthost for local users - 6.May2009 9:41:03 AM

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I know that's not neccessary to have a smarthost for internal mail, but we have an antivirus and anti-spam for SMTP. So we want pass internal mail trouhgh this security suite.

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RE: Smarthost for local users - 6.May2009 9:52:38 AM

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One option is not to use a kludged up solution in the first place and use a product on the Exchange Hub Transport servers to do all this. That would be cleanest.

The other way is to change the Send Connectors (look on the properties and it will be obvious to you) so that you direct the mail through this additional box. It's messy and you'd have to watch it like a hawk.

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RE: Smarthost for local users - 6.May2009 10:02:14 AM

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We can't install the security product on Windows Server because it's a Linux suite. In fact the exchange server is not our corporate mail server, our mail server is an sendmail (under linux) and exchange is used by people who have smartphone (for calendar sync).

What is the property in the send connector that I have to modify?

Thanks in advance.

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RE: Smarthost for local users - 6.May2009 10:34:21 AM

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Don't have a 2007 server in front of me right now but go onto the properties and look. You will see a set of radio buttons that in your case is telling the connector to use DNS to deliver the email between systems. Change that. Trust me, look and it will be obvious. There aren't that many boxes to choose from.

So the only reason you have E2K7 is for smartphone use?

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RE: Smarthost for local users - 6.May2009 11:14:07 AM

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I have already done this action.

My internal connector is set as follow :
- on adress space tab : SMTP : mydomain.com (cost 1)
- on network tab : use smarthost (smtp.mydomain.com) not DNS entries.
- source tab : my exchange server.
When I create this, I select the "internal" type of send connector.

My external connector is set as follow :
- on adress space tab : SMTP : * (cost 2)
- on network tab : use smarthost (smtp.mydomain.com) not DNS entries.
- source tab : my exchange server.
When I create this, I select the "external" type of send connector.

But for internal mail, it's the local delivery which is used.

It's not the only reason, we use it for all the calendar, task and adress book functionnalities (shares, OWA, etc...), and for sync our smartphone (blackberry with BES)

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