I am running Exchange Server 2003 SP1 with two front-end and 3 clusters and 1
Stand-alone server. I have been tasked with the following items and just
want to make sure that I am understanding them.

• Proactively disable both Anonymous and Basic authentication for SMTP
virtual servers across the internal messaging environment



• Designate specific SMTP gateways for anonymous mail submission. Ensure
that mail submitted through such gateways undergoes the appropriate messaging
hygiene controls in a complete manner



• Restrict authenticated relay permissions to those clients explicitly
defined by IP
address or subnet

It is the first two items that I really need clarification on.

For the first item do I go to the properties of each default virtual server
in ESM and go to properties and on the access tab/page click authentication
and clear the check boxes on anonymous access and basic authentication?

On the second item why would I need a designated server for anonymous mail
submission. More clarifiation is also needed on this.

The third is pretty clear.

Thank you,
Tyson

Try asking in the microsoft.public.exchange.admin group. This forum is for discussing Outlook programming issues.

--
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Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
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"Tyson" wrote in message ...
I am running Exchange Server 2003 SP1 with two front-end and 3 clusters and 1
Stand-alone server. I have been tasked with the following items and just
want to make sure that I am understanding them.

• Proactively disable both Anonymous and Basic authentication for SMTP
virtual servers across the internal messaging environment



• Designate specific SMTP gateways for anonymous mail submission. Ensure
that mail submitted through such gateways undergoes the appropriate messaging
hygiene controls in a complete manner



• Restrict authenticated relay permissions to those clients explicitly
defined by IP
address or subnet

It is the first two items that I really need clarification on.

For the first item do I go to the properties of each default virtual server
in ESM and go to properties and on the access tab/page click authentication
and clear the check boxes on anonymous access and basic authentication?

On the second item why would I need a designated server for anonymous mail
submission. More clarifiation is also needed on this.

The third is pretty clear.

Thank you,
Tyson