merlin @ stalker ~ $ host -t mx microsoft.com microsoft.com mail is handled by 10 mail.global.frontbridge.com. merlin @ stalker ~ $ telnet mail.global.frontbridge.com 25 Trying 216.32.180.22 ... Connected to mail.global.frontbridge.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 mail30-va3.bigfish.com ESMTP Postfix EGGS and Butter ^] telnet> quit Connection closed.
And you say - Exchange ... :)
frontbridge.com is a domain owned by Microsoft. Judging by the name - something like a "bridge", "first bastion". ')
Of course, there is nothing difficult in setting up relay to postfix, and the real (but shadow) server will be anything. The question is different - on the front of email, Microsoft doesn’t have Exchange at all, but Postfix, and not Windows at all (since Postfix is not ported to it).