Topic Last Modified: 2006-10-26

The Microsoft® Exchange Server Analyzer tool has the following configurable registry parameters:

Location

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft\Exchange\ExBPA

Value

OpenRelayTest

Type

REG_DWORD

Description

Set to 0x0 if you do not want the Best Practices Analyzer to test each SMTP server for open relay capabilities. If this parameter is missing, the Best Practices Analyzer will default to 0x1.

Location

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft\Exchange\ExBPA

Value

OpenRelayTestSender

Type

REG_SZ

Description

Set this to the SMTP address that you want to use for the MAIL FROM: address when performing an open relay test. If this parameter is missing, the Best Practices Analyzer will default to 'ExBPA-OpenRelayTest@Fabrikam.com'.

Location

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft\Exchange\ExBPA

Value

TopoCreateTimeoutSecs

Type

REG_SZ

Description

Set this to the SMTP address that you want to use for the RCPT TO: address when performing an open relay test. If this parameter is missing, the Best Practices Analyzer will default to 'ExBPA-OpenRelayTest@Fabrikam.com'.

Location

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft\Exchange\ExBPA

Value

SMTPTest

Type

REG_DWORD

Description

Set to 0x0 if you do not want the Best Practices Analyzer to submit a test message to each SMTP server included in the scan. If this parameter is missing, the Best Practices Analyzer will default to 0x1.

Location

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft\Exchange\ExBPA

Value

SMTPTestSender

Type

REG_SZ

Description

Set this to the SMTP address that you want to use for the MAIL FROM: address when performing the SMTP mail acceptance test. If this parameter is missing, the Best Practices Analyzer will default to 'ExBPA-MailAcceptTest@Fabrikam.com'.

Location

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft\Exchange\ExBPA

Value

T SMTPTestRecipient

Type

REG_SZ

Description

Set this to the SMTP address that you want to use for the RCPT TO: address when performing the SMTP mail acceptance test. If this parameter is missing, the Best Practices Analyzer will default to the postmaster account as defined by the SMTP service.