As issue that I’ve seen on Exchange 2007 after a migration from Exchange 2003, if you try to remove an accepted domain, but keep getting this error:
Cannot remove the domain ‘<domain name>’ because it is referenced by the proxy address template ’smtp:@<domain name>’
First off go to the Exchange Management Console – Microsoft Exchange – Organisation configuration – Hub Transport – E-mail Address Policies.
Make sure that the domain is removed from any policies that you have set up, if the problem still persists go to a domain controller that has Windows Server Support Tools installed.
Run: adsiedit.msc from Start – Run
now browse to the following:
- Configuration
- CN=Configuration,DC=<Domain Name>,DC=<Root>
- CN=Services
- CN=Microsoft Exchange
- CN=<Exchange Organization>
- CN=Recipient Policies
Now right click CN=Default Policy and select properties.
Scroll down to the attribute named disabledGatewayProxy, select it and click edit. Remove the offending domain and click ok.
Give it a while for active directory to replicate across all domain controllers.
Go to the Exchange Management Console - Microsoft Exchange – Organisation configuration - Hub Transport - Accepted Domains
You should now be able to remove the offending domain successfully.
