Port / NetBIOS

[Kevin Miller]

Assume you're connecting to the MS box with the Exchange IMC.  Might try
putting the host name/address in the LMHOST file on the Exchange box so it
doesn't have to query for the name.  Don't know if that'll help or not but
might be worth a try.  Normally requires a reboot, but there's a command to
make Windows reread the file.  Forget what it is at the moment, sorry...

...Kevin
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Douglas [mailto:steve.douglas at SBIINCORPORATED.COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:01 AM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Port / NetBIOS
>
>
>I am set up with RH9, SA 2.61, MS December release, 1.5 GB of
>RAM, 80 GB
>duplexed drives.  The MS system is forwards from the DMZ through the
>firewall to my internal Exchange 5.5 file server.
>
>My firewall logs are filled by the megatons with errors
>showing the Exchange
>email server attempting to send NetBios calls (port 137) to the DMZ MS
>gateway.  I guess this is normal considering the exchange
>system is trying
>to do its job (as far as Microsoft is concerned) in
>identifying the system
>that is passing it all this email.
>
>My firewall has this port blocked for obvious reasons.  Is
>this normal and
>is there anything that I should do further to shut the
>exchange server up or
>just live with it?
>
>Thanks.
>
>SD :-)
>