Boot it or stop and start the DNS service. 

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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of April Fleming
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 2:35 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: network error during host resolution
> 
> Can't do a "ipconfig /flushdns" on windows NT, is there another way???
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 1:57 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: network error during host resolution
> 
> 
> 
> First, I forgot the simple thing to do. Hit a command prompt 
> on the server and flush your dns cache. Maybe something stuck 
> in there.
> 
> 5.5 uses the Windows settings for DNS lookups. So add your 
> ISP to the properties for your network connection. I had this 
> at old job and that fixed it for us. There is something odd 
> about how windows looks up mx records. I have never been able 
> to get an exact handle on it. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> > April Fleming
> > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 1:41 PM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: RE: network error during host resolution
> > 
> > Sorry, not sure I understand.  I am using exchange 5.5, I 
> can tell IMS 
> > to use DNS but cannot specify what server to use for DNS.  
> Do not see 
> > any place to specify dns server for smtp.  I can see six 
> messages cued 
> > up for acosta.com in the IMS que over the last three days, 
> there are a 
> > couple of others that appear to be stuck, but all other 
> email moving 
> > through fine though.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> > Kennedy, Jim
> > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 1:18 PM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: RE: network error during host resolution
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: April Fleming
> > > Subject: network error during host resolution
> > 
> > > From my mail server I can ping yahoo.com but not acosta.com
> > (that is
> > > the domain), says bad IP address.
> > 
> > Acosta.com does not have an A record, so there is no IP address for 
> > it. Try pinging their mailservers, mail.acosta.com, 
> mail3.acosta.com 
> > and mail4.acosta.com
> > 
> > It should resolve to 205.152.67.48, 67.97.186.3 and
> > 216.83.183.231 respectively.
> > 
> > I was able to telnet to all three and they respond as email servers.
> > 
> > > Is this
> > > a dns problem on my end? If so, how come I can resolve some
> > names not
> > > others.
> > 
> > So yes, I think it is DNS resolution at your end. Set your SMTP on 
> > that server up to use outside DNS from your ISP perhaps, 
> and try that. 
> > I have always had better luck doing it that way.
> > 
> > JK
> > 
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