R robina_80 Active Member Aug 13, 2013 #1 im going to be setting up exchange for testing and i was just wondering do i need the smtp relay enabled and what does it do?
im going to be setting up exchange for testing and i was just wondering do i need the smtp relay enabled and what does it do?
Cromewell Administrator Staff member Aug 13, 2013 #2 Relaying basically means being capable of cross domain mailing. If you are going to send to a mail server outside of your domain you'll want it on.
Relaying basically means being capable of cross domain mailing. If you are going to send to a mail server outside of your domain you'll want it on.
R robina_80 Active Member Aug 14, 2013 #3 i thought smtp relay is for when you want exchange to send outgoing email through another server ie an smtp email server with spam and Phishing filtering if not how would you go about doing this
i thought smtp relay is for when you want exchange to send outgoing email through another server ie an smtp email server with spam and Phishing filtering if not how would you go about doing this
Cromewell Administrator Staff member Aug 14, 2013 #4 That is a part of it. It's the same cross domain functionality. It accepts mail from another domain and tries to deliver it.
That is a part of it. It's the same cross domain functionality. It accepts mail from another domain and tries to deliver it.