> Because the server is going to bind to ALL the NIC cards in the > machine, whether you want it to or not. Perhaps blocking port 25 on > the gateway NIC will stop the behavior you are seeing.
Eww... And this isn't changed by the fact that I have only one NIC, and the dial-up uses a serial port? IIRC, you can't block a port, you can only allow, so the list of ports would be long and hard to maintain. *sob* Torben > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Torben Frandsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:06 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Server uses wrong connection > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an Exchange Server 5.5 SP2 on an NT4 machine with two > Internet > > connections, one RAS with a server assigned IP address and > > one 'normal' > > through the gateway router. I use the RAS for sending and > > receiving mail > > (ETRN). This works perfectly well 95% of the time. > > > > After both me and the ISP wading through the logs to find out > > why we got > > '553 Relaying Denied', we found that when it happened, the > > Exchange Server > > had connected through the gateway instead of dialing. How > > come this happens > > when I've checked the 'Dial using...' on the IMS Connections tab? > > > > Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards, > > > > Torben Frandsen, IT-koordinator > > ======================= > > Belman Production A/S > > Malervej 4, DK-6710 Esbjerg V > > Tel.: +45 76 12 26 26 > > Fax: +45 75 15 59 59 > > ICBM: 55.52, -8.43 > > ======================= > > The best argument against democracy is a five-minute > > conversation with the > > average voter. > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
