On 2006-09-07, Tim Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Wouldn't you use a SMTP client to send email?
>>
>> I would, but I don't use exchange server. :)
>>
>> The one exchange server I used in the past didn't accept SMTP
>> mail.
>>
>> errr, I used to admin Exchange, if it does accept SMTP then
>> how could it function as a live mail server?
>
> Did you mean *doesn't accept* ??
One presumes he did.
> There are a couple of possibilities at least, of the top of my
> head:
>
> * The IMC / IMS (smtp connector) is located on a different
> server within its Exchange organisation, or a DMZ'ed
> exchange server that is only used for SMTP.
>
> * The server doesn't accept SMTP from local IP ranges, only
> from external (ie inbound email)
I believe it was the latter. I'm pretty sure there was only
one server. When I first started at that company it did accept
SMTP connections on it's internal network interface.
> Outlook / Exchange clients use MAPI, internal SMTP is only a
> requirement if you have non-MAPI clients sending email through
> the server.
And BOFH was horrified by non-MS software, so he shut off IMAP
support and SMTP support on the internal network as a way to
force everybody to switch to Outlook.
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