SMTP woes

[velvetskies]

Hi,

I've some problems with SMTP.

Problem 1:
I'm currently writing ASP and using CDONTS to send email out to users. I am making use of SMTP to relay the message, so i configured the web server's SMTP service smart host IP address to the company's smtp server. The problem is I cant send any mails outside the company domain, i.e. the recipient of the email address is not within company's domain it doesnt get sent out and dumped in the Badmail folder.

My web server is only available on internal IP address. How can I send mails outside the company domain without having the web server on the Internet??


Problem 2:
How can I direct the failed felivery notification to the email adddress that sent out the mail??


Please help. Thanks.

[plenderj]

Well your web server needs to know where to relay the e-mail to. Can your web server access the internet? If so, then just use the SMTP server address of your ISP for the smart host.

[velvetskies]

Hi plendrj,

erm.. thats the problem my web server doesnt have internet access.

any clue on the second problem?

Thanks

[dglienna]

send it out with the company smtp address?

[velvetskies]

wat do u mean dglienna?

[dglienna]

send it thru your SMTP server, and set your server up to use the SMTP address of your company? I'm not sure, and I didn't read that you were using it that way before.

Maybe they do something else to restrict sending email outside of the company. Send something to your outside email address, and see exactly what is sent.

Where I worked, they added EMAIL: to the email address for outside email to be sent. Didn't tell other employees, and their email was returned as undeliverable.

I had a boss send me an email, and when I looked at it, there it was: EMAIL:[email protected]