That is exactly what I would recommend. Or maintain a local SMTP server of some type (there are a number of free ones that can meet this need) to support mail relay.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:09 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Unsolved Forwarding Issue you said small org. How many users? Is it too cumbersome to setup contacts for all the @hosted email addresses? bill Eric wrote: > Thanks for the help on this! I am very surprized the hosting > providers documentation didn't mention this at all! I even contacted > their support. I've never had to forward to an external email address > before. Is there a work around for this without creating an open > relay? The Exchange server will be decomissioned once we have > everyone moved to the hosting provider. > > Thanks again! > Eric > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Michael B. Smith > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > This is completely normal. You'll have to authenticate to forward > to external addresses. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Eric [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:42 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Unsolved Forwarding Issue > > > > I am trying to help a small organization move to a hosted Exchange > environment. As part of the process we are trying to setup > forwarding on the mailboxes that have been moved to the new > environment. If I setup forwarding to an internal mailbox on our > Exchange server, forwarding works. Once I configure the mailbox > to forward to an external address ([email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>) and send from an external > address the forwarding fails. But if I send from an internal > mailbox, it forwards to the externally hosted address. I get the > following error from the SMTP logs for externally sent email: > > > > 550+5.7.1+Unable+to+relay+for+user > <mailto:[email protected]>@ > <mailto:user@t>hostedaddress.com <http://hostedaddress.com/> > > > > The logs show the initial SMTP connection from my external domain > and then another connection frowarding/relaying to the hosted > addresses. I am not sure if this is normal for Exchange SMTP logs > so hopefully someone else has seen this possibly. > > > > I didn't design the system and unfortunately the admin doesn't > seem to "remember" many of the details of the design. They are > using a Barracuda firewall/spam filter device which I've never > personally used and don't have access to yet. > > > Any help or ideas would be greatful so I can get this project > completed soon hopefully :) > > > Thank You, > > Eric > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
