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Def looks like a good product, i was just wondering if there is an open source product out there that could achieve this.

Yep: Most of our servers here are linux-based, with the exception of our Exchange server... I was just seeing if there was a way to do this on the actual exchange box: Is there any 3rd-party thing that we can run on the exchange server to solve this? Or is it easier to just chuck postfix/amavis (etc) on a linux server to deal with it. Simon

Hi There, We have a ISP service that recieves email from the outside world for us and then forwards it to our internal exchange server. This way we can limit port 25 only from our ISP's mail server. This works well! Our ISP's SPAM filter tags knowen SPAM by changing the subject of the email to include [spam] at the begining and also adds a "X-Spam-Status: Yes" to the headers. My question is: Can i tell exchange to delete these messages before delivering to a users mailbox? Thanks Simon

So if the exchange server also acts as a forwarding DNS server for the internal network clients... then the 127.0.0.1 should also be the primary DNS server for in the TCP/IP settings? And in the DNS on that same server needs to have each domain that you want exchange to accept mail for in, with MX records pointing to itself? This seems a bit much if you have a few domains that you need to accept mail for... esp as this is an internal server, and does not accept mail directly from the outside world (runs thru a forwarding server). Am i missing something here? Thank you for the support so far!! Simon

OK...Cool! Does an internal exchange server need to have its DNS setup to tell it that its the mail server for a given domain? I thought you just told the exchnage server that "You are looking after this domain". Here is the output of the Event Log with this particular error: "A non-delivery report with a status code of 5.0.0 was generated for recipient rfc822;user@domain1.com (i have replaced this!!) (Message-ID <BIGLONGHASH@mail.gmail.com>). Cause: This indicates a permanent failure. Possible causes : 1)No route is defined for a given address space. For example, an SMTP connector is configured, but this recipient address does not match the address spaces for which it routes mail. 2)Domain Name Server (DNS) returned an authoritative host not found for the domain. 3)The routing group does not have a connector defined û mail from one server in the routing group has no way to get to another routing group. Solution: Verify that this error is not caused by a DNS lookup problem, and then check the address spaces configured on your STMP connectors. If you are delivering Internet mail through an SMTP connector, consider adding an address space of type SMTP with value ô*ö (an asterisk) to one of the SMTP connectors to make routing possible. Verify all routing groups are connected to each other through a routing group connector or another connector."

Just looking thru the setup on the exchange server: I the Default Recipient Policy we have the three domains entered as SMTP Email addresses: eg @domain1.com, @domain2.com, @domain3.com. Isnt this where you tell exchnage that it is authoriative for the domain but clicking the "This Exchnage Org is responsible for all mail delivery to this address"... Ive then checked the users to make sure that the addresses are listed in each users propoerties: e.g. user1@domain1.com, user1@domain2.com and user1@domain3.com. Also, from the bounce back message, the user1@domain1.com is mapping correctly to user1 in the exchnage server, as the bounce back reports user1's Firstname and Lastname back... Whats not happening is that the mail is not being delivered to the exchnage mailbox.

Thanks for the reply! Where do i add a * in the address space? Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: Sent: 21/03/2006 2:24 p.m. The following recipient(s) could not be reached: Firstname Lastname on 21/03/2006 2:21 p.m. The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator. <thiswas.the.server.name #5.0.0>

Opps - sorry. I have replaced the real user and domain name (with TLD) with user@maildomain for the sake of posting here - sorry for the confusion here, i should have mentioned that. Does anyone have a suggestion for me on the orig question? Thanks

Hi There, We have a install of Exchnage on windows server 2003 which has been configured, has users, has been told that it should accept mail for a "@maildomain", but every time we send a email message to a "user@maildomain" the server is bouncing the mail back with the following error: Final-Recipient: rfc822;user@maildomain Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 The server is using a smart host to send its mail and there is an internet-based mail server which accepts mail for the domain and forwards it to our DSL links IP address. Can someone point me in a starting direction for solving this issue please? Thanks, Simon

OK, we have a windows 2003 server that is in the development phase at the moment, soon it will be deployed in a remote rack, so im wondering how to cover off the problem that if you ever need to install new stuff on it (using remote desktop), how you get on without access to the DVD/CD drive? Thanks Simon

Hi There, We have a (soon to be) remote 2003 server. Is there a way to load install DVD image onto the server, say using a disk image program (does this work with the copy protection thing?), or can you do it with CAB files somehow. Thanks for any help here! Simon

This software seems pretty good so far... I bit overkill for what i need i think, but good. Can anyone else provide a like product?

Hmmm - looks good. Can you configure the look and feel of it? Do you know if you can 'hook' into it via another system to make configuration changes?

Hi There, My company provides virtual hosting services with linux/php/mysql. We have been asked by a couple of major clients to provide ASP/.NET on windows with MsSQL virtual hosting services as well... Im just doing some reasearch into this. Can any one provide me with any good pointers/links to help me in this? I am looking to provide a very secure hosting service (as we do at the moment with other platforms) and any startup tips/hints as well... Thanks Simon

Hey Thanks for the reply. I guess from more of a security/process side. Ive spent a long time making sure that our hosting service with LAMP is ultra secure. I just want to implement that same ideal on a windows platform as well. Also any gotchas with licencing etc. The other key fact is automation. We have a fully automated control panel for our LAMP/Mail/DNS setup and i would want to look at intergrating any other platforms into that. (e.g. setup web hosts/settings etc).