Relay - from: address issue

[Michael Morisoli]

This is a bit off the wall, but here goes.    Recently I replaced an older Linux + SendMail server that died with an Exchange 2000 server.  This server is used primarily as a relay host for a web farm we have.  The problem has to do with malformed from addresses.  For some reason, there are many forms on the web farm that generate email messages with improper [EMAIL PROTECTED] address in the from: field.  Instead, they use first name, last name.   It appears that the sendmail server did not care about the from address and would happily send out this type of malformed email message.  The problem is that Exchange will not send this type of message.   Given the large number of forms and the weeks of time it will take to fix this properly, does anybody know of a way to have Exchange turn off from address validation?  This would give me some breathing room till a real solution is worked on.   Thanks ahead of time for any help.   Mike List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm