Turning off exchange

Hi

I need to reinstall sbs 2003 and as part of cut off I need to turn off
exchange to stop accepting any emails for now. How can I achieve this
without turning off the internet when the exchange is configured to receive
emails Using DNS to route email?

Many Thanks

Regards

Can you turn it off in the services?

"John" <> wrote in message
news:OfSZR5$...
> Hi
>
> I need to reinstall sbs 2003 and as part of cut off I need to turn off
> exchange to stop accepting any emails for now. How can I achieve this
> without turning off the internet when the exchange is configured to
> receive emails Using DNS to route email?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards
>
>

yes, which service SMTP?

Thanks

Regards

"john doe" <> wrote in message
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> Can you turn it off in the services?
>
> "John" <> wrote in message
> news:OfSZR5$...
>> Hi
>>
>> I need to reinstall sbs 2003 and as part of cut off I need to turn off
>> exchange to stop accepting any emails for now. How can I achieve this
>> without turning off the internet when the exchange is configured to
>> receive emails Using DNS to route email?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>
>

In article <OfSZR5$>,
says...
>
> Hi
>
> I need to reinstall sbs 2003 and as part of cut off I need to turn off
> exchange to stop accepting any emails for now. How can I achieve this
> without turning off the internet when the exchange is configured to receive
> emails Using DNS to route email?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards

Why not just BLOCK SMTP inbound and outbound from the server itself?
Your people can still use Exchange internally, but they can send OUT or
receive inbound.

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voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
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How to? Sorry for being naive.

Thanks

Regards


"Leythos" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> In article <OfSZR5$>,
> says...
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I need to reinstall sbs 2003 and as part of cut off I need to turn off
>> exchange to stop accepting any emails for now. How can I achieve this
>> without turning off the internet when the exchange is configured to
>> receive
>> emails Using DNS to route email?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Regards
>
> Why not just BLOCK SMTP inbound and outbound from the server itself?
> Your people can still use Exchange internally, but they can send OUT or
> receive inbound.
>
> --
> You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
> voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
> Trust yourself.
> (remove 999 for proper email address)

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:12:25 -0000, "John" <>
wrote:

>How to? Sorry for being naive.
>
>Thanks
>
>Regards

In your perimeter firewall appliance/device/server/whatnot, block
inbound TCP 25.
>
>
>"Leythos" <> wrote in message
>news:. com...
>> In article <OfSZR5$>,
>> says...
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I need to reinstall sbs 2003 and as part of cut off I need to turn off
>>> exchange to stop accepting any emails for now. How can I achieve this
>>> without turning off the internet when the exchange is configured to
>>> receive
>>> emails Using DNS to route email?
>>>
>>> Many Thanks
>>>
>>> Regards
>>
>> Why not just BLOCK SMTP inbound and outbound from the server itself?
>> Your people can still use Exchange internally, but they can send OUT or
>> receive inbound.
>>
>> --
>> You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
>> voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
>> Trust yourself.
>> (remove 999 for proper email address)
>

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
< ahoo.com> wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:12:25 -0000, "John" <>
> wrote:
>
>>How to? Sorry for being naive.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Regards
>
> In your perimeter firewall appliance/device/server/whatnot, block
> inbound TCP 25.


Or just temporarily disable the rule.


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In article <>,
....atya hoo.com says...
>
> In your perimeter firewall appliance/device/server/whatnot, block
> inbound TCP 25.
>

Blocking INBOUND will only block inbound email, but we already know
that, this is just in case the OP doesn't. If you don't want them to be
able to SEND email outside the exchange server to the world, you have to
block OUTBOUND SMTP (TCP 25) also.

I'm getting the impression that this IN and OUT are needed, but I'm also
under the impression that there is no real firewall, possibly just a NAT
router - so blocking outbound isn't possible.

--
You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
Trust yourself.
(remove 999 for proper email address)

"John" <> wrote in message
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> yes, which service SMTP?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>

Yes. Stop the service, then disable it. However it may cause other issues.

Ace