Finally got it figured out. The SMTP server was only showing the host name (mmc-mail). I configured it as mmc-mail.mmcwm.com and mail finally got through. What I found interesting though, was that even though I had stopped/restarted the SMTP virtual server, it still took a few minutes before it worked. (Aftere restarting, I sent a message out which got rejected. About 10 minutes later, I tried again and that one went through.)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 12:31 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: can't send to a company You should begin every post and subject line with "Friggin' Lyris" and you won't have any problems. Contact the correspondent's postmaster to try to find out what kind of filtering they're doing. The message you've received indicates that they might be doing some thing like reverse DNS checking. Do you have a proper PTR record for your domain? Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chinnery, Paul Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:03 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: can't send to a company Exchange 200 server We are having trouble delivering to two different companies. The error I am getting is: <mmc-mail #5.5.0 smtp;504 <mmc-mail>: Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname> Yet, we have no problem delivering, for example the Exchange Discussion list, and almost everybody else. I assume this is an attempt by these companies at spam control but I don't know the solution to the problem. Our DNS is hosted by our ISP. Can someone suggest a simple or even not-so-simple solution to my dilemma? PS Boy, that Lyris sure is stringent about subject lines. It rejected 2 of my posts due to the subject line. Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
