Interesting. On the VS, I have the smart host configured on the Delivery - Advanced. This is on both servers. There is also a connection call Internet Mail. That is configured with the smart host as well, and lists both servers as bridge head servers. I take it one of these is not needed. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:26 PM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Connecting Exchange servers > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > The MTA would only be needed for mixed environments in most cases. > > In this case, it *sounds* like you have a routing issue causing some > confusion. Do you have this configured with a SMTP connector or on the VS > itself to forward to the smarthost? > > Al >