I think I found it under the Exchange General tab and the accept messages from Everyone button is selected. Any other ideas? I am not quite sure how I could use a secondary SMTP relay to fix this issue as Michael suggested. If anyone has an solutions documented I'd be interested in seeing them.
Thanks, Eric On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, > > I can't seem to find where I can change the contact to receive mail from > everyone. Any pointer to where that setting is located? > > Thanks for your help! > > Eric > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Bill Humphries <[email protected]>wrote: > >> yes, but it sounds you have selected to have the contact only receive mail >> from authenticated users. you need to change that to everyone. >> >> bill >> >> Eric wrote: >> >>> Bill, >>> They have about 35 users. >>> >>> The hosting provider's documentation suggests: >>> 1. Create a hosted account ([email protected] <mailto: >>> [email protected]>), this also creates another email address of >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> 2. Create a contact in AD for user1 such as User1Hosted that forwards >>> to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] >>> >. >>> >>> 3. Modify user1's local exchange properties to forward to this newly >>> created contact. >>> I have done all of this and get the previously mentioned failures and >>> successes depending on the senders location. >>> >>> Is this what you were thinking? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Eric >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Bill Humphries >>> <[email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> 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]> >>> <mailto:[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/> >>> <http://theessentialexchange.com/> >>> >>> *From:* Eric [mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> <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]> >>> <mailto:[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: >>> 550%2b5.7.1%2bunable%2bto%2brelay%2bfor%[email protected]>>@ >>> <mailto:user@t <mailto:user@t>>hostedaddress.com >>> <http://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]> >>> <mailto:[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]> >>> <mailto:[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]> >>> <mailto:[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 > --- 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
