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Forward inbound emails to external SMTP server Options

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by soren

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I've setup an exchange 2003 server for testing purposes, to receive
mail from my private email domain.

I've setup an mx record priority 5, to point to my home IP address
(lets call it int-mail). The mx record for the mail server i have
hostet is priority 10 (lets call it ex-mail). I am trying the make the
setup so that when my mail server is running at home, the mails are
routet to my int-mail server, and when it is not running . That part
is working and mails are received when my server is running, and ex-
mail is receiving the mails when my test machine is not turned on.

Now i want my test server to send a copy of all mails received by the
int-mail server to the ex-mail server. My theory was that i could
forward all mails to the ex-mail mx record, and in that way make sure
that i always have alle mails on my primary mail server (ex-mail).

I tried to setup a SMTP Connector with the ex-mail address in "Forward
all mail through this connector to the following smart hosts". But the
mails are not received.

What am i missing ?

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by churdoo

As you've already found out, that's not how the "forward all mail through this connector..." works. This setting will forward all OUTBOUND email to the specified smart host as opposed to looking up each recipient mail server and delivering directly to the recipient mail server.

To do what you're asking, as I think I understand your setup, can only be done at the mailbox level, by defining a alias on your mailbox on your ex-mail server, and by creating a custom recipient on your int-mail server forwarding all mails received by your int-mail mailbox to the external custom recipient. This along with setting, in your SMTP virtual server properties in Exchange System manager, Messages tab / "Forward all mail with unresolved recipients to smarthost" to the IP or name of your ex-mail server.

by jarek-praha

Hi

Im new user ...im asking to you ..how did you solve your problem ...with re-sending all post from SMTP conector to another SMTP conector....thank you for reply..

Jaroslav Kuceriak

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