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How to change localhost.localdomain in Exchange SMTP Services

Asked by: waiming

Hi,
    When I send out my emails, some email servers recognize my domain as localhost.localdomain. How do I change that setting in MS Exchange SMTP Services?
    Appreciate if you can help.

Eg.

OutboundConnectionResponse SMTPSVC1 - - 220+localhost.localdomain+ESMTP+Sendmail+8.12.8/8.12.8;+Mon,+29+Nov+2004+12:40:43++0800 0 0 -

   Thanx

waiming

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Answers

 

by: ColinRoydsPosted on 2004-11-29 at 01:37:10ID: 12694415

Open ESM , go to recipients / recipients policy / edit the default recipient policy and add in the new domain that you want, set it as default .
This will add the domain in to Exchange

 

by: ColinRoydsPosted on 2004-11-29 at 01:39:21ID: 12694421

How to Manage the Default Recipient Policy
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. Expand the Recipients object, and then double-click Recipient Policies.
3. Right-click Default Policy in the right pane, and then click Properties.

Note that the Filter rules entry defines a single entry of (mailnickname=*) and that in the Filter rules section, the Modify button, and the Remove buttons are shaded. This behavior occurs because the default recipient policy must apply to all recipient objects (that is, all of those objects that have a mail nickname or alias).
4. Click the E-mail Addresses (Policy) tab.

A list of generation rules for e-mail addresses is displayed. Rules exist for SMTP and X.400 addresses. You can edit these rules, but you cannot remove them. For example, if your organization decides to change its e-mail address from ".com" to ".co.us," click the SMTP rule, and then click Edit.  
5. In the Address field, type the new SMTP address, and then click OK.
6. Click OK.

You receive a message that states that you have changed e-mail addresses of SMTP type and you are prompted to update all corresponding e-mail addresses to match the new address format.
7. Either click Yes to update all existing addresses or click No if you do not want to change any existing objects. If you click No, the new SMTP address applies to all newly created recipients.

here is the orginal article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319201

 

by: waimingPosted on 2004-11-29 at 02:53:29ID: 12694780

Hi ColinRoyd,
   Nope it doesn't work. The message was obtained from the SMTP log. Apparently, on the receipient's server, they recognized the email address as coming from localdomain.localhost instead of my domain. Due to this, my mails were rejected from their server.
   Appreciate if you can help.

waiming

 

by: ColinRoydsPosted on 2004-11-29 at 03:02:28ID: 12694834

ok, this is slightly different you need to open ESM / Servers / Servername / protocols / SMTP / SMTP Virtual Server / properties / delivery / adavanced / in the masqueard domain put in the proper name that matches your MX records,
this way when mail is sent out it hides behind the name you put here.
Please note this is for Exchange 2003, Exchange 2000 the the first few steps are slightly diff but the rest is the same, still look under protocols / SMTP Virtual Server   / properties / delivery / adavanced

This should sort it out

 

by: waimingPosted on 2004-11-29 at 09:06:05ID: 12697848

Hi ColinBoyd,
   Tried but didn't work either. The localdomain.localhost is still logged in my SMTP logfile.
   Kidego, any ideas or thoughts on this?

waiming

 

by: ColinRoydsPosted on 2004-11-29 at 09:55:26ID: 12698327

did you restart the smtp virtual server after doing the change?

 

by: ColinRoydsPosted on 2004-11-29 at 09:57:39ID: 12698356

waiming

I am still not convinced this should work have a look here....

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314331&sd=tech

"This step-by-step article describes how to specify a masquerade name for a domain. A masquerade domain replaces the .local domain name in any Mail From lines in the message header"

Set the Masquerade Domain Name
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. If administrative groups are enabled, expand the administrative group in which the server that you want to use is located.
3. In the console tree, click Server, expand your server, and then double-click Protocols.
4. Double-click SMTP, right-click the SMTP virtual server that you want to work with, and then click Properties.
5. In the Properties dialog box, on the Delivery tab, click Advanced.
6. In the Advanced Delivery dialog box, in the Masquerade Domain box, type the domain name that should receive any nondelivery reports.  
7. If you want to override the default FQDN, type a new value in the Fully-qualified Domain Name box, and then click Check DNS to ensure that you have entered the correct value and that DNS resolution is configured properly.
8. Click OK, and then click OK again.


Let me know if it still doesn't work

 

by: waimingPosted on 2004-11-29 at 19:17:16ID: 12702521

Hi ColinRoyd,
   Nope. Doesn't work.
   This is how the SMTP log looks like

<Receipient IP> OutboundConnectionResponse SMTPSVC1 - -  220+localhost.localdomain+ESMTP+Sendmail+8.12.8/8.12.8;+Tue,+30+Nov+2004+00:37:26++0800
<Receipient IP> OutboundConnectionCommand  SMTPSVC1 EHLO  - <Host domain at xxx@xxx.com
<Receipient IP> OutboundConnectionResponse SMTPSVC1 - -  250-localhost.localdomain+Hello+[Host IP],+pleased+to+meet+you
<Receipient IP> OutboundConnectionCommand  SMTPSVC1 MAIL  - FROM:<waiming.yap@xxx.com>
<Receipient IP> OutboundConnectionResponse SMTPSVC1 - -  553+5.1.8+<someuser@xxx.com>...+Domain+of+sender+address+someuser@xxx.com+does+not+exist
<Receipient IP> OutboundConnectionCommand  SMTPSVC1 QUIT  - - 0 0 - -
<Receipient IP> OutboundConnectionResponse SMTPSVC1 - -  221+2.0.0+localhost.localdomain+closing+connection

    Noticed that it resolves my host name and host domain as localhost.localdomain.
   I have set the Masquerade domain and even restarted my server but to no avail. My MX record has been setup correctly. It is able to send mails to other domains except this particular domain. Please help.

waiming

 

by: ColinRoydsPosted on 2004-11-30 at 00:50:33ID: 12703776

Ok there is another way round this, you could contact your ISP and ask them if they have a mail relay you can use most ISP's do, in that case I would create a SMTP connector if you don't have one already and use a forwarder which would then be your ISP's mail relay. That way the final recipients mail server will resolve back to the relay and not your own server, this should sort the issue out. As well as any other issues such as reverse ptr records and so on, if you didn't have one.

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