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NDR generated for .local but mailbox is hosted by ISP
Hi Guys
I have tried to work this out on my own and read 4 million articles on the web buit can't get it yet and know there is a simple solution.
I have a global domain box catchall@domain.com hosted for me and user accounts fred@domain.com also hosted.
I have all of this working fine but when someone sends an email to internaluser@domain.com(ex
This is only a problem if there is an internal and external username in the to field.
Any help appreciated.
Paul
I have tried to work this out on my own and read 4 million articles on the web buit can't get it yet and know there is a simple solution.
I have a global domain box catchall@domain.com hosted for me and user accounts fred@domain.com also hosted.
I have all of this working fine but when someone sends an email to internaluser@domain.com(ex
This is only a problem if there is an internal and external username in the to field.
Any help appreciated.
Paul
ASKER
Hi Jeff
I will try and explain a bit clearer as to where I am at.
When I originally set this up people in the office could not send mail to our external users as the exchange server would hold the mail as it believed it was in control of the domain. I went into the default recipient policy and made domain.local the primary and removed the tick for domain.com. This enabled the system to send mails externally to domain.com.
The issue that I am now having is that when someone externally send an email with a internal and external user in the to field it goes to our isp who delivers a copy of it into the external users pop3 mailbox and a copy of it goes to the catchall mailbox which is downloaded to our exchange server. When the exchange server gets the email it delivers the mail to the internal users mailbox and sends a NDR to the sender saying that externaluser.domain.LOCAL does not exist.
Here is a copy of the NDR
Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail
This is a system generated message. Please DO NOT REPLY.
Your message was not delivered for the following reason:
Your message was not delivered because the destination computer was not found. Carefully check that it was spelled correctly and try sending it again if there were any mistakes.
It is also possible that a network problem caused this situation, so if you are sure the address is correct you might want to try to send it again. If the problem continues, contact your friendly system administrator.
Host hireco.local not found
The following recipients did not receive this message:
<anthony@HIRECO.LOCAL>
I have tried the suggestion above but it did not help.
Cheers
Paul
I will try and explain a bit clearer as to where I am at.
When I originally set this up people in the office could not send mail to our external users as the exchange server would hold the mail as it believed it was in control of the domain. I went into the default recipient policy and made domain.local the primary and removed the tick for domain.com. This enabled the system to send mails externally to domain.com.
The issue that I am now having is that when someone externally send an email with a internal and external user in the to field it goes to our isp who delivers a copy of it into the external users pop3 mailbox and a copy of it goes to the catchall mailbox which is downloaded to our exchange server. When the exchange server gets the email it delivers the mail to the internal users mailbox and sends a NDR to the sender saying that externaluser.domain.LOCAL does not exist.
Here is a copy of the NDR
Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail
This is a system generated message. Please DO NOT REPLY.
Your message was not delivered for the following reason:
Your message was not delivered because the destination computer was not found. Carefully check that it was spelled correctly and try sending it again if there were any mistakes.
It is also possible that a network problem caused this situation, so if you are sure the address is correct you might want to try to send it again. If the problem continues, contact your friendly system administrator.
Host hireco.local not found
The following recipients did not receive this message:
<anthony@HIRECO.LOCAL>
I have tried the suggestion above but it did not help.
Cheers
Paul
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After you've done that... rerun the Configure Email and Internet Connection Wizard (CEICW) which is linked in the Server Management Console > Internet and Email > Connect to the Internet
Jeff
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Jeff
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ASKER
Hi Jeff
I am still having issues with this. I am no longer getting NDR but if someone spells the users name wrong invaliduser@domain.com then it goes into the isp catchall mailbox and my exchange server picks it up, doesn't recognise the user so sends it back out to the internet and it ends up back in the catchall mailbox. The whole process starts all over again so the mail will cycle every 15 minutes causing my bandwidth usage to rocket.
I am still having issues with this. I am no longer getting NDR but if someone spells the users name wrong invaliduser@domain.com then it goes into the isp catchall mailbox and my exchange server picks it up, doesn't recognise the user so sends it back out to the internet and it ends up back in the catchall mailbox. The whole process starts all over again so the mail will cycle every 15 minutes causing my bandwidth usage to rocket.
Hmm.. that's kinda funny (sorry, I know it's a pain to you... but it wasn't something I thought of because I make this configuration with the combination of remote users having POP3 accounts with the ISP and all internal users just get their mail via Exchange. Which means you don't use a catch-all account at the ISP.
Is there a reason you don't want to use the EXCHANGE SMTP as your email server? It's really quite easy to set up and manage... and if you're worried about a backup you can STILL keep the POP3 connector...
For your external users you would set them up with an Exchange Mailbox that automatically forwards to a GMail account which can be configured to have any "SEND AS" address as you want. They can also have the mail come into Outlook or another mail client via the GMail account. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&hl=en&answer=20616
This would be a pretty sweet configuraton and would solve a number of problems for you including no bandwidth at all with your ISP.
You do not need an additional CAL for these mailboxes because the user never actually logs into the domain... the message is forwarded out without any interaction on their part.
Your only other option would be to NOT use a catch-all account at the ISP and instead configure separate POP3 accounts for EVERYONE. You can list all of these accounts in the Exchange POP3 connector and it will retrieve them all.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
Is there a reason you don't want to use the EXCHANGE SMTP as your email server? It's really quite easy to set up and manage... and if you're worried about a backup you can STILL keep the POP3 connector...
For your external users you would set them up with an Exchange Mailbox that automatically forwards to a GMail account which can be configured to have any "SEND AS" address as you want. They can also have the mail come into Outlook or another mail client via the GMail account. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&hl=en&answer=20616
This would be a pretty sweet configuraton and would solve a number of problems for you including no bandwidth at all with your ISP.
You do not need an additional CAL for these mailboxes because the user never actually logs into the domain... the message is forwarded out without any interaction on their part.
Your only other option would be to NOT use a catch-all account at the ISP and instead configure separate POP3 accounts for EVERYONE. You can list all of these accounts in the Exchange POP3 connector and it will retrieve them all.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
You will find that in your Server Management Console under the following:
Advanced Management > First Organization (Exchange) > Servers > Servername > Protocols > SMTP > Default SMTP Virtual Server. Right click that and select Properties.
Then select the MESSAGES TAB and at the very bottom you'll see "Forward all mail with unresolved recipients to host"
In this box enter the FQDN of your ISP's mail server (ie, mail.domain.com). There's a good little overview about how this works if you click help on that particular window.
That's all there is to it... :-)
Good Luck!
Jeff
TechSoEasy