SBS 2003 email problem

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Right I've got a SBS 2003 box setup and it collects email via pop3 and sends out using the smtp connector through the email hosts smtp server. Now I have a serious problem where by an email comes in that doesn't match a user such as [email protected] (enquiries spelt wrong) and the mail then appears to bounce back and forth between my box and our email host repeatedly. in the space of 3 hours 7000 emails came in mainly from one person. After configuring recipient policies to block that particular email address I though I had fixed it but sure enough I've just logged on now to check and there is 36000 emails in there from a msn address :mad:

I've almost cleared them up now but I'm not sure what the problem could be. When I was using the standard smtp virtual server to send mail via dns I had no problem, only when I set the smtp connector up it started (had to do this because it fails to send to aol addresses)

I set the connector up as per many guides i found on the net and configured even more policies in the mail delivery option in exchange manager.

Here is the source of one of the email

Return-path: <[email protected]>
Envelope-to: [email protected]
Delivery-date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:39:45 +0000
Received: from lon-gs1dmrelay.mistral.net ([217.154.131.9])
by lon-gs1dmpop.mistral.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51)
id 1ExaOP-0002oj-TF; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:39:45 +0000
Received: from host81-151-22-160.range81-151.btcentralplus.com ([81.151.22.160] helo=fileserver.bbhols.local)
by lon-gs1dmrelay.mistral.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51)
id 1ExaOP-0006zG-Ld; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:39:45 +0000
Received: from mail pickup service by fileserver.bbhols.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:33:25 +0000
thread-index: AcYYb3xi0K3pOnSoR5ufjPelg9/BZQ==
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:33:25 -0000
From: "Samantha Greenberg" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: Lowest Price for Pills ho
Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6)
Message-ID: <025301c61899$bffa6980$[email protected]>
Importance: normal
Priority: normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.1830
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Jan 2006 18:30:53.0578 (UTC) FILETIME=[7C7F1EA0:01C6186F]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]

They will be getting some spam software soon but tbh I though the IMF in exchange sp2 would be good enough for the time being.

Any ideas what I have done wrong?
 
Thanks very much for that mate, I have installed sp1 for 2003 server and exchange sp2 but not sbs 2003 sp1, sounds like the problem i'm having. Although it seems to have stopped since I stopped using an external smtp server, and send emails out directly :confused:
 
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