Saturday, July 7, 2007

Exchange server 2003

Front-End and Back-End, Non-delivery Report

Exchange server: Lou is the front-end server.
Exchange Server: Sam is the back-end server.

Lou supports the OWA connection. Lou is configured as a relay for all incoming and outgoing SMTP messages.

The company uses the data.com for all SMTP addresses.

Users report that when e-mail (destined to Internet) cannot be delivered, they don't receive the Non-delivery reports (NDRs).

The reason is that the NDR generated at Lou is not relayed to Sam.

Solution:

Create a SMTP connector with the namespace of data.com and specify the Sam as a smart host.