I would still try restarting the service or rebooting. IMAIL may have cached the entries and not rechecked DNS or the HOSTS file.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 5:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for Local > Mail Servers > > > Thanks to all of you for responding to my questions. In answer to some of > yours, I have the following: > > No, I did not reboot. The Hosts file is available at any time and any > changes to it are available immediately. > > I did run a test by added a bogus entry and the IMail server > could ping the > address properly. > > I'm not attempting to do a S&F setup. I'm just trying to enable > messages to > flow between the 4 mail servers behind our firewall. The issue with > resolving the Exchange IP address is that IMail picks up the address from > DNS (also behind the firewall) and that resolves to an external > IP address. > > I now have it working (sort of) by letting IMail attempt to deliver the > message 3 times before it sends to the SmartHost, our FE Exchange Server > (Remote Mail Gateway Host on the SMTP tab of the SMTP service). Since > communication between the Exchange Server and the SLMail server already > works, this workaround works as well. I just thought that IPSwitch's > documented use of Hosts then DNS should allow the server access > to internal > IPs of domains that exist on Exchange and SLMail. > > I am using the eval version and not the lite version. I have the > real thing > on order and should get it in this week. Once I install it, we see if this > situation changes. > > Thanks again for all the great responses. > > Kathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:06 PM > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for > Local Mail > Servers > > > > Wrong, you are thinking of lmhosts. The hosts file gets read > every time a > > query gets made. > > > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bruce Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 3:29 AM > > Subject: RE: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for Local > Mail > > Servers > > > > > > > Did you REBOOT after modifying the HOSTS file? The hosts file is only > > read > > > by the operating system at the time of the system boot. If you are > > running > > > a Windows based operating system, changes made without rebooting a > machine > > > will not be known by the OS until the machine is rebooted. > > > > > > Bruce Barnes > > > ChicagoNetTech > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 18:44 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for Local > > > Mail Servers > > > > > > > > > The Hosts file is in the correct folder > (c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc) > > > and the SMTP service is using the Local System Account. When > I check the > > > SMTP log, the IMail server looks like it will read the first domain > (after > > > localhost) and properly use the private IP for delivery. > > > > > > If I send a message to the second domain in the Host file list (after > > > localhost), the send fails and the message is delivered via > the gateway. > > > > > > All I can say is "Weird...." > > > > > > Also, I thought maybe there was an update so I downloaded and tried to > > > install the 8.02 version. I'm using the Eval 8.01 but the patch would > not > > > install. > > > > > > Kathy > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sanford Whiteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:13 PM > > > Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for > Local Mail > > > Servers > > > > > > > > > > > ...curious to know why IMail keeps using DNS before Hosts. > > > > > > > > Is it, in fact, using HOSTS at all? If you add a static > mailroute to > > > > HOSTS for a domain which does not exist via DNS, does > IMail then > > > > attempt to route using the HOSTS entry? > > > > > > > > If not, then your HOSTS file may be located in the wrong > directory, or > > > > the impersonated service user may not have rights to the > file for an > > > > odd reason. > > > > > > > > -Sandy > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > > > > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > > > > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > > > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > > > List Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
