CF to SMTP Mail Via Exchange Server

[hook_em]

Looking for help on setting this up. We just brought our email inhouse to manage.

[carl type3]

CF will need email server defined in CFadmin and be able to verify connection:

Exchange server will need port 25 open (firewall) to CF and may need authentication as well as relay rules allowed.

HTH, Carl.

[hook_em]

Thanks Carl,

We are having a problem with the relay rules allowed working. That seems to be were it is dieing

[Reed_Powell-ttnmOb]

Whenever I setup a new CF server, and do the mail setup as shown above, I also need to tell the group that admin's the Exchange server what the name/IP of my new server is, so that they can allow it to relay to their SMTP server.  If I don't do that, everything looks OK in CF when I send mail, but it doesn't go through.  I think they have separate relaying rules for internal SMTP traffic and external traffic.

-reed

[carl type3]

Use telnet and SMTP commands to check for relay problem. Add telnet client (Windows feature) or some other telnet application. EG.

telnet 10.0.0.1 25

220 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version:  ready

helo

250  Hello [10.0.0.2]

mail from:noreply@domain

250 2.1.0 noreply@domain....Sender OK

rcpt to:noreply@external_domain

550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for noreply@external_domain

Adjust Exchange relay rules test again...

220 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version:  ready

helo

250  Hello [10.0.0.2]

mail from:noreply@domain

250 2.1.0 noreply@domain....Sender OK

rcpt to:noreply@external_domain

data

354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>

subject:test from cmd

message text

.

250  <Bla@domain> Queued mail for delivery

Now your cfmail should work.

HTH, Carl.