Exchange SMTP Virtual Server IP Adresses

[kandym]

I have two smtp virtual servers on my exchange server, each with their own IP address. They receive mail just fine on their specified IP addresses, but when they send mail, they both send over the default IP address of the server.

It's as if when sending mail, an smtp server ignores its bound IP address and just looks for the first IP address assigned to the server. Has anyone seen this problem, or had experience getting around it?

 

[xmsre]

Is "all unassigned" in the IP address field?

 

[kandym]

No, that's the strange thing. Each smtp virtual server has its own IP address selected in that field, but when I send mail through them, they don't use the IP address that I've selected in that dropdown list. I've tried restarting services, even rebooting the whole server.

Here's the actual config: I'll call the servers smtp1 and smtp2. The machine has 3 IP addresses configured - 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103, with .101 being the first configured IP address (comes up first in the network configuration. Smtp1 is bound to 192.168.1.102, and smtp2 is bound to 192.168.1.103. They receive mail on those IP addresses just like they should. But when I send mail through them, they both send on 192.168.1.101. Could this just be a bug in Exchange 2003?