New settings and Smarthosting Exchange Email through SMTP

[dogsiwoo]

Hi all,

I run MS Exchange as my email server and currently Smarthost through the old smtp.ntlworld.com SMTP Server (I am ex-NTL). I understand that now most, if not all the Email Address platforms have been migrated to GMail, we are required to start using SSL for SMTP on Port 465.

I am not sure of how to get Exchange to Smarthost through the new smtp.virginmedia.com Server as I understand Exchange does not play well with SSL SMTP natively. Does anyone know what to do to switch my Smarthost over to the new SMTP Server?

I know this may sound like a case of "If it ain't broke then don't fix it" but I imagine soon VM will disable smtp.ntlworld.com and so I'd like to switch over in advance to reduce any downtime.

Also I believe the old attachment limit on the NTL server was 10MB - as the new platform is GMail, does this carry GMail's 25MB limit with it?

Thanks,

Karl