Error 550 5.1.10 when sending from local smtp (hybrid) and no error when sending from OWA

Mr. Peterson 266 Reputation points
2022-09-22T15:35:12.597+00:00

We have a hybrid setup where all mailboxes are located in EO, and exchange server runs in Hybrid mode with local SMTP.

We have no problems sending an e-mail to an address sample@Company portal .com (recipient is outside of our tenant), but when we send a mail from local SMTP on Exchange Server we get

> Remote Server returned '550 5.1.10 RESOLVER.ADR.RecipientNotFound; Recipient not found by SMTP address lookup'

"Undeliverable" mail generating server is Exchange Server, so it seems the mail doesn't even leave on-prem to EO, however I checked Hub Logging logs and found no errors.
What could be a reason of that mail failure?

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  1. Andy David - MVP 141.5K Reputation points MVP
    2022-09-22T15:48:55.84+00:00

    is Sample@Company portal .com an account in your org?

    If so, then its one of two issues:

    1. There is no remote mailbox enabled for that account on the on-prem Exchange Server

    or

    1. The remote routing address on the existing remote mailbox on-prem is set incorrectly.

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  1. KyleXu-MSFT 26,206 Reputation points
    2022-09-23T06:38:54.437+00:00

    @Mr. Peterson

    In a hybrid organization, if you send email from Exchange on-premises, email will be sent from Exchange on-premises to the Internet directly.

    So, I would suggest you create a new send connector for Exchange on-premises: Create a Send connector in Exchange Server to send mail to the internet

    Then enter this external email address manually (Don't use auto-complete or reply old emails)

    If you still cannot send emails successfully, I would suggest you try to use Message Tracking Log to check which step has issue: 

    Get-TransportService | Get-MessageTrackingLog -Sender user@domain.com -Recipients externaluser@domain.com -MessageSubject "subject" -Start 09/22/2022 -End 09/24/2022

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