Rerouting incoming SMTP

[cvoce]

In Exchange 5.5, under the SMTP Connector, there was an option to Re-route incoming SMTP bound for one domain, to a different one.

This was really useful for us, as we have 3 domains. We redirected two of them to the third, then set up all the users' aliases, etc for that one domain only. We don't want to manage the domains independantly.

We have a lot of users, and have several standards for their email address (printed on business cards etc). For instance mine is cvoce@, chris@ and chris.voce@.

Does anyone know if this is possible in Exchange 2000?

Any help appreciated.

Chris

 

[Xybertron]

Whatever is in the recipient policy will be routed.

So basically have it generate all 3 domains for each user. Then point in the MX record. Dan
Microsoft Exchange Support @ Microsoft

 

[cvoce]

I tried that... but it doesn't seem to generate the various addresses...

In the receipient policy, we have the 3 domains listed. However, when it asks if you want to automatically update users addresses (can't remember the exact wording), it only creates the extra domains for the main account-name (ie cvoce@). It doesn't create the variations on the other aliases (chris@, chris.voce@).

Is it me?

Chris

 

[cvoce]

Anyone got any further ideas?

 

[cvoce]

Anyone?

Sorry - just bringing it up to the top of the pile... This is getting quite urgent for me now, and I can't find anything *anywhere* that compares the Re-route incoming SMTP option in 5.5 with an equivalent in 2000.

I'd really appreciate some help with this.

Chris

 

[DigitalRolly]

So let me get this right... when you create a new user, you want the 3 variations of the emails addresses generated?

Eg: nuser@domain.com
new@domain.com
new.user@domain.com

or is it That you have 3 different domain names...

eg: nuser@domain1.com
new@domain2.com
new.user@domain3.com

I think I can help but I just would like to have it clarified a little...

Rolly

 

[cvoce]

It's both of the above...

My account for instance... I have the aliases cvoce@, chris@ and chris.voce@. But we have 3 seperate domains.

We don't want to manage each domain independantly (ie we don't want to have ONLY cvoce@domain1, chris@domain2, etc).. we want ALL aliases to work for ANY of the domains that people send to.

In 5.5, we simply re-routed domain2 to domain1, then set up all the user aliases for domain1.

This option appears to have gone in 2000. There is a concept of telling it that multiple domains are in-bound to this server, and there is a concept of setting up aliases... but you seem to have to set up the aliases independantly for each domain.

When you add a domain, it asks if you want to propogate it to all the users aliases... but this only seems to do it for the MAIN email address of each user (my login account is cvoce, so it creates cvoce@domain1, cvoce@domain2, etc.. but chris@domain1, which is an alias, does not get copied automatically to chris@domain2).

We have a lot of users, and it will take an age to create the 3 variations for the 3 domains for each user... Plus it seems a long-winded way of doing it. There has to be a simpler way?

Yours desperately!

Chris

 

[DigitalRolly]

Hello again...

Check this technote on the micro$oft site out... Q285136

Thanks to Dan from another post...

Rolly

 

[Xybertron]

Hey play nice...

"micro$oft"

I woulda gave that at first but he said "redirected and rerouting" when he really wants to just accept and deliver to the local store. Dan
Microsoft Exchange Support @ Microsoft

 

[DigitalRolly]

Hehehe...

I did give you the credit you deserved Xybertron!

Rolly

 

[cvoce]

Thanks guys... Not entirely sure that this solves my problem, but I will look at it in detail tomorrow (today is a holiday in the UK - Queens Golden Jubilee and all that).

To be clear, I want to "accept and deliver to the local store" for a list of aliases, for a pre-defined global list of domains. Ie I do not want to set up aliases 3 times if I have 3 domains that point to the local store... i want to set them up once.

I'll let you know if I am still stuck.

Chris

 

[Xybertron]

The article is exactly whatcha need then! Good luck! Dan
Microsoft Exchange Support @ Microsoft

 

[cvoce]

Hello (again)...

Sorry to be crap.

The article tells you how to set up aliases based on the first name, surname, etc, etc... which is all brilliant.

However, it doesn't solve the problem for aliases that are not based on the name. For instance I am cvoce@, chris@ and flossy@

Am I just stuck with adding these manually for each domain to each user seperately, rather than just once per user? Also, if I do this, and at some point in the future we add domain4.com and domain5.com, will I have to do it all again for the individual user accounts?

I am guessing I will. Let me know if I am missing something obvious (other than downgrading to 5.5 which was a damn site better if you ask me!!).

Thanks for all your help anyway if not... it has saved a lot of work already.

Chris

 

[Xybertron]

Yup...

Yes again...

5.5 didn't give you more than one SMTP automatically.

You could setup multiple accounts and have them send to only one. But this is about as much work.

Are you an ISP? Dan
Microsoft Exchange Support @ Microsoft

 

[VOIPeng]

Check out Microsoft Article: Q260973

It will show you how to accept messages for multiple domains and what changes you need to make to it work.

Let me know if this helps.
Thank you,
Frank Mirecki
BrantTel Networks