RE: SMTP Authentication problem

  • From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:46:17 -0700

If you want to do all of that, you will need to use a full fledged e-mail
server, not just the IIS SMTP service which is only acting as a relay.

John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
eServices For You


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Waseem Mustafa [mailto:waseem80@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:41 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: SMTP Authentication problem
> 
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> Raj,
> 
> Thank you so much ..
> I can't believe I missed that setting!!! I'm so sorry.
> 
> -But let me ask you, What are the steps and the requirement to secure
> and encrypt all out going emails that leave through that SMTP server. Is
> it possible to do that?
> Maybe some sort of certification services (SSL)?! Or maybe PGP? How is
> that enabled on the IIS5 SMTP services?!
> 
> -What should I do to secure and encrypt the authentication information
> (Username & Password) instead of using basic authentication? If I
> disable basic authentication, Outlook at the user end don't send emails
> any more!!?? What's the solution?!
> 
> -and also, in the authentication setting that you pointed to me, what
> exactly is Windows Security Package (the last option)? What do it do and
> when does it get used?
> 
> Thanks a lot
> 
> Waseem
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Periyasamy, Raj [mailto:Raj.Periyasamy@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:55 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: SMTP Authentication problem
> 
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> 
> Waseem,
> Have you tried adding the NetBIOS Domain name of your domain to the
> Default Domain under the Authentication settings in the SMTP server
> settings ?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Raj
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Waseem Mustafa [mailto:waseem80@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:32 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] SMTP Authentication problem
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a problem with my SMTP server. I basically installed IIS SMTP
> services on a Domain Controller windows 2000 AS just to centralize only
> the outgoing server for our enterprise users. There is no exchange
> server
> installed so for the incoming we have a 3rd party provider to take care
> of
> that. On the server under the "domain users & group manager" consol, I
> added all the users that will be using that SMTP server to send emails.
> On
> the user-end I went to their outlook and specified that "my outgoing
> server require authentication" option and then added the username and
> password. Every thing worked fine. Now I need to move that IIS SMTP
> services to another member server in the domain. After I installed the
> IIS
> SMTP services on that domain member server and I configured it the exact
> way the 1st SMTP was and I did the necessary changes on the firewall to
> route port 25 traffic to the new server. I can't send emails through the
> new (Moved) SMTP server and every time I hit "send & receive" it asks me
> to reenter the outgoing username and password. I enter it in this
> format:
> Username: "myname"
> Password: "the password"
> 
> Note: this is the way I have it setup on everyone's laptops
> 
> I found that to get it working I need to add my username and password in
> the local USERS & GROUPS database and it won't use Active Directory's
> Database. That's not going to work for me because I can't recreate every
> user's account in multiple places! So How do I get the SMTP server to
> use
> the active directory's database instead of the local one?
> 
> I also tried to change the username format to "myname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" it
> didn't work. Finally, it only worked when I tried this format:
> "domainname.net/myname"
> 
> Because all the users are remote, the goal is to minimize the number of
> changes I need to make on their end. So please guide me to the right
> path?!!?
> 
> Thank you so much,
> 
> Waseem
> 
> 
> 
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