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Exchange 5.5 IMS queue
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| beenframed 2002-08-21, 10:46 am |
| I'm having this problem with my IMS queue on Exchange 5.5. I can't seem to fix. I host email for a large organization that spans multiple sites.
I have turned off Mail Relay and doing test show, I receive messages that mail relay is prohibited but here's my problem.
Whenever I open the queue, I notice that in the Queue name "Outbound messages awaiting delivery" there are messages going through that do not have an originator.
Most messages that go through have an internal orignator address and external domain destination. But every time I go in there I find 20-30 emails with no originator, I figured it was someone relaying through my server. Now that I have confrimed that Mail Relay is prohibited on the server - I'm not sure where these messages are coming from and how to stop them.
Any suggestions or comments are apreciatted.
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| i dont understand u | |
| beenframed 2002-09-03, 12:08 pm |
| What dont you understand? If you use exchange on a daily basis you will know exactly where the queues are and I think my first post describes the situtation in enough detail that you would know what the problem is that I am experiencing. If there is something missing from my detail please let me know, or if you have a specific question.
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| Rich Matheisen [MVP] 2002-10-05, 11:23 pm |
| beenframed <beenframed.c2uvu@mail.examnotes.net> wrote:
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>I'm having this problem with my IMS queue on Exchange 5.5. I can't seem
>to fix. I host email for a large organization that spans multiple
>sites.
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>I have turned off Mail Relay and doing test show, I receive messages
>that mail relay is prohibited but here's my problem.
>
>Whenever I open the queue, I notice that in the Queue name "Outbound
>messages awaiting delivery" there are messages going through that do
>not have an originator.
Those would be NDRs and DSN's. Both use the system address ("<>") to
prevent mail loops.
>Most messages that go through have an internal orignator address and
>external domain destination. But every time I go in there I find 20-30
>emails with no originator,
With only 20-30 in the queue I wouldn't get all lathered up about it.
That's really not a big number at all.
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Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm
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| Rich Matheisen [MVP] 2002-10-05, 11:23 pm |
| beenframed <beenframed.c2uvw@mail.examnotes.net> wrote:
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>What dont you understand? If you use exchange on a daily basis you will
>know exactly where the queues are and I think my first post describes
>the situtation in enough detail that you would know what the problem is
>that I am experiencing. If there is something missing from my detail
>please let me know, or if you have a specific question.
Maybe if you put you question into the m.p.exchange.admin group you
wouldn't have to read remarks like that. This is an Exchange 2000
group. 
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Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm
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| lilfatale 2003-04-17, 3:11 pm |
| I'm having the same problem. and researching the MS knowledge base and burning a $200 call to MS resulted in zero results. Which lead me to you guys.. which is cool that another person had the exact same situation.
I'm sure 20-30 messages in the IMS queue probably is no big deal but the fact we are a closed relay and our Exchange server is being exploited somehow is unsettling to me.
I was thinking that it could be an IIS server running SMTP that is trying to send mail but we've disabled that feature from the server that is giving us this problem.
I just want to know where it is coming from. Any help would be appreciated!!
 Linda |
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