Comments on: Inbound Mail Flow for Exchange Server 2016 https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/ Practical Office 365 News, Tips, and Tutorials Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Ramesh https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-278641 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:54:13 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-278641 We have Exchange 2016 on premise. Currently encountering issues with incoming mail (although internal and outgoing emails work) . It started occurring last evening .. would anyone be in a position to assist ? Thanks

]]> By: Vijay Prabhu https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-235470 Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:53:14 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-235470 Der Paul,

My test lap working fine which I followed your article . here external to internal mail flow is fine. But internal to external mail flow working though “MX Route”. I am trying to route with smarthost option and i don’t have any email security appliance OR firewall. I am connecting directly to my modem . Also port 25 not working and MY ISP mentioned no blocking for port 25. Please suggest any steps i am missing and i am ready to purchase new device if required here.

]]> By: Bo https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-229281 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:11:51 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-229281 Hi Paul,
Is it possible to forcefully convert all arriving emails at an exchange server to UTF-8? The reason for doing this is that a downstream application (Siebel, it’s Database is Oracle UTF-8) is not able to read off emails in GB18030 from Exchange, then convert it to UTF-8. Your help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Bo

]]> By: Bernard https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-228611 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 21:05:06 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-228611 Hi Paul,

Thanks for the very interesting post. I have a question and i hope you have the time to answer;
I tested my mxrecords with the powershell you gave me, and the result is that my mx record points to my first server, not my second server on wich my exchange resides. This is (i think) logical, because during setup i entered that domain for my server. So, during install i gave in test.nl as domain, but this is also my external domain. How do i change/point to the right server instead of my internal server?

]]> By: John Ibik https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-213024 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:47:58 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-213024 Hello Paul,

I have been following your blogs, they are very helpful. Sorry, I’m not an exchange expert. I will need your help. I have just setup my exchange server 2016 homelab, I can sent outbound and inbound email to different emails, however, the issues I’m having now is that I cannot access my external URI on a differnt network but it works well on my internal network.

I have configured both public and internal DNS in split brain mode. Please, any ideal of who I should work aroud this?

]]> By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Paul Cunningham</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover=" let popup = document.getElementById('apbct_trp_comment_id_156838'); popup.style.display = 'inline-flex'; "> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_156838"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Paul Cunningham</b> acts as a real person and passed all tests against spambots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-156838 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 23:11:49 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-156838 In reply to Minkin.

Unchecking anon in the past (it was unchecked by default in 2010 actually) was probably in environments where a smart host (e.g. an antispam server) handled inbound email. Other than that, unless you want to explain more about why you thought it helped, it’s not necessary for Exchange 2013/2016 servers. Anonymous connections can’t relay, so it’s not an open relay risk. The anon permission is required for inbound internet mail though.

]]> By: Minkin https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-156835 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:13:02 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-156835 “If you look at the properties of that connector you might notice that “Anonymous Users” is enabled as a permission group. Yes this is the correct configuration for the connector, and no that does not mean it can be abused as an open relay.”

Can you explain this further? In the past we used to uncheck Anonymous and lock down our connectors to only receive mail from certain places. Is that no longer the case with 2013/2016 and this default connector?

]]> By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Paul Cunningham</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover=" let popup = document.getElementById('apbct_trp_comment_id_22925'); popup.style.display = 'inline-flex'; "> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_22925"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Paul Cunningham</b> acts as a real person and passed all tests against spambots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-22925 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 13:23:42 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-22925 In reply to Theo Hertog.

No such thing. What functionality are you looking for?

]]> By: Theo Hertog https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-22924 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 08:54:56 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-22924 Hi Paul,

Were in Exchange 2016 can I find the Inbound Connector for POP3/IMAP like SBS2011?

Best regards,

Theo

]]> By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Paul Cunningham</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover=" let popup = document.getElementById('apbct_trp_comment_id_22923'); popup.style.display = 'inline-flex'; "> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_22923"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Paul Cunningham</b> acts as a real person and passed all tests against spambots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://practical365.com/inbound-mail-flow-for-exchange-server-2016/#comment-22923 Sun, 11 Sep 2016 12:24:13 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=9002#comment-22923 In reply to Farooque.

Here’s some info (including troubleshooting tips) for outbound mail flow.

https://www.practical365.com/exchange-2016-outbound-mail-flow/

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