Allow a Server to “Relay” Through Microsoft Exchange
Nov17

Allow a Server to “Relay” Through Microsoft Exchange

KB ID 0000542 Problem Back in the early days of email, just about all mail servers let you relay mail though them. That was fine until someone worked out you could then get someone else to send out your “spam”, and they would look like the guilty party. Even today people misconfigure their Exchange servers and make them an open relay. But what happens if you have a particular server or machine that you want to let use your...

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Cisco ASA Disable ESMTP Inspection
Nov17

Cisco ASA Disable ESMTP Inspection

Telnet to Exchange on Port 25 shows a row of Asterisks? KB ID 0000536 Problem Yesterday my colleague Ben called me over to the help-desk and asked “Have you ever seen this before?” This was what was on his screen. 220 *************************************************** Solution Usually when you Telnet to an Exchange server it gives you a 220 message followed by the “Banner” of the Exchange server, a little...

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Exchange 2019, 2016, 2013 – Allowing a Host/IP to Relay Mail
Nov17

Exchange 2019, 2016, 2013 – Allowing a Host/IP to Relay Mail

KB ID 0000891  Problem There a a few more hoops to jump through to allow a host to relay though Exchange 2013. For earlier versions of Exchange see the links below. Allow Relay from an IP With Office 365 (Exchange Online) Allow Relay from an IP with Exchange 2010 Allow Relay from an IP with Exchange 2007 Allow Relay from an IP with Exchange 2003 Allow Relay from an IP with Exchange 2000 Solution How to create a ‘Relay’...

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Exchange 2010 / 2007 Alternate-port SMTP
Nov17

Exchange 2010 / 2007 Alternate-port SMTP

KB ID 0000089 Problem I’ve used the no-ip service for years, and untill recently the Exchange box I ran gave me no problems, well it still does not, but now my wife has her Email on it as well, and because of reverse DNS Lookups, she cannot Email her friends at Hotmail etc. Instructions at the site (at the time of writing) are for Exchange 2003, which as you aware is a different beast altogether, so to make it work…....

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