We have a SBS 2008 with Exchange 2007 SP3 Build 08.03.0444.000
The message queue is full of fake domains
We are not being black listed but ISP like bigpond are rejecting our emails because or senders score rate is below 20
We are using our own public IP address to send out emails as our ISP doesnt have a smtp relay
i have created a Dmarc record
Im not sure if i need a spf records as well
When we send emails to these domain names first we get a delayed bounce back after some time and then we get a failed email later after that
we use Trend Micro Worry Free Advance as a spam filter on the server
i have contacted the support department and they said the software only filters incoming emails not out going
Hi Arif
Thanks for your information
Do we need to subscribe to a DKIM signing provider?
or
Do i generate a DKIM key and add it to the public DNS TXT record and that's it
does anything need to be added to the exchange 2007 server ?
Hi Mas
Yesterday i scanned the server as mentioned above
i found a site suggesting to turn on recipient filtering
i turned that on but still had messages in queue so i suspended all the messages and removed them with out sending NDR
and the queue has not filled up since
But i'm not sure if that's fixed the problem because everyone in the office had shutdown there workstations for the weekend or not recipient-filtering.JPG
Hi, This happened to my back in 2014. The main reason you have those fake emails it's because a leak of a user account OR your server got hacked at some point. Here is something you can do.
1- I don't remember the path for exchange 2007 but you need to go to the queue folder and delete all the files you see there. Dont worry if you deleted them they will re-create automatically, after doing that you need to restart the transport protocol.
Here is an example how the path looks like (C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\TransportRoles\data\Queue)
2- Change all the username and password if you can't find where the leak is coming from, but I'm sure the logs will tell you.
3- Install an anti virus or anti malware followed by windows updates.
4- After doing all that keep monitoring the emails.
Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.
You should create SPF, it will definitely help.
Run the following command to show existing Receive Connectors on the server:
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paste the results.https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998618(v=exchg.80).aspx