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  • Friday, October 23, 2009 7:14 PMlandawg98 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Currently working is a single, standalone exchange server that is recieving messages directly on port 25 from a firewall. I also have a set of 2 servers in a 2003 cluster that I want to start migrating mailboxes to. I have to do it a little at a time due to the information stores being somewhere in the neighborhood of 350GB in size, so I can not move all the mailboxes over in one downtime. I would like to be able to pass messages from the standalone to the cluster after the mailbox is moved to the cluster. I do not want to involve a frontend server due to when the mailboxes are moved, the standalone will be taken away and I want the cluster to act as the only exchange server without any other dependancies. Everything is 2003 Enterprise.

     

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  • Monday, October 26, 2009 12:38 PMAndyD_MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Ok, remove that entry.
    When you have multiple Exch Servers, its not recommended to define a smarthost at the SMTP VS level.
    Instead, create a SMTP connector for the internet bound email and define the smarthost there ( the ip of the barracuda).

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265293
    How to configure the SMTP connector in Exchange 200x

    Be sure to restart the SMTP service and Exchange Routing Engine Service after making these changes.
     

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  • Friday, October 23, 2009 7:26 PMLeif Pedersen [MVP] Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi,

    If all the exchange servers are installed in the same site mails will be delivered to user mailboxes whether stored in the cluster or on the stand-alone server.

    Leif
     
  • Friday, October 23, 2009 7:36 PMlandawg98 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Ok, so have that setup and I am able to send messages out from a mailbox on the cluster, but I can not recieve message in. The messages are stuck in the queue of the standalone and I get "the connection was dropped by the remote host" as the queue message for the messages that I'm trying to send to the mailbox on the cluster. I get this for messages sent internal and external.
     
  • Friday, October 23, 2009 7:38 PMAndyD_MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Any smarthosts defined on the SMTP virtual server on the standalone server?
     
  • Friday, October 23, 2009 8:01 PMlandawg98 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Yes, we have a barracuda filter... but I have not configured a "virtual"SMTP. The SMTP is configured under the server instance of the standalone.
     
  • Friday, October 23, 2009 8:32 PMAndyD_MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Right, its called the Virtual Server  :)

    So in ESM, , under the properties of the SMTP object, under the delivery tab, is there a smarthost defined?
     
  • Monday, October 26, 2009 12:12 PMlandawg98 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Yes, under the delivery --> advanced we have the ip of our barracuda as the smarthost.
     
  • Monday, October 26, 2009 12:38 PMAndyD_MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Ok, remove that entry.
    When you have multiple Exch Servers, its not recommended to define a smarthost at the SMTP VS level.
    Instead, create a SMTP connector for the internet bound email and define the smarthost there ( the ip of the barracuda).

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265293
    How to configure the SMTP connector in Exchange 200x

    Be sure to restart the SMTP service and Exchange Routing Engine Service after making these changes.