Because if you telnet to the mail server on port 25 and send your mail manually, then you will be able to see exactly where it fails in the sending process.
-----Original Message----- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure I have, but I must admit not for some time. It seems like the telnet built into Windows 2000 won't allow a connection to any other port then 23. I could download another client, but I haven't needed to for some time. Why do you ask? Erick > -----Original Message----- > From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:38 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Message failure > > > Erick, > > Have you attempted to Telnet anywhere and send mail manually? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:12 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Message failure > > > That was a bad example, as it was a mistake on my part. > However, I am still > getting a lot of the error messages, with addresses I know are good. > > As for the error code, you're right, it does tell me > something, but not a > lot. I know what the various codes mean, but it's not that > useful without > some context. For example, 500 is "Syntax error, command > unrecognized". What > was the command that was unrecognized? > > So, let me further define my question. What I am looking for > is information > on exactly what failed. On another SMTP engine (Lyris) I > admin, I get an > error message that has enough information to give me some > idea of what went > wrong. Something like this is what I'm looking for (some personal info > stripped). > > Here is additional information about this error: > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Name: **** > List: japanforum > Cause: Mail is undeliverable after 3 attempts. > > To delete this member, send the following two line message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > login (enter your password here) > delete japanforum [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > > Mail Transaction log: > > --> Sending email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <-- DNS lookup succeeded, found 12 acceptable mail servers > for hotmail.com > --> Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) > <-- [connection refused] > <-- Connection refused to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) > --> Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) > <-- Connected to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) > <-- 220 mc5-f19 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: > 5.0.2195.5600 ready > at Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:10:35 -0700 > --> HELO 192.168.2.99 > <-- 250 mc5-f19 Hello [204.201.190.99] > --> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <-- 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK > --> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <-- 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable > --> QUIT > > With this, I can see exactly what went wrong, and if it's > something that I > should take a look at or not. So, where can I get this type > of information > for a failed message in Exchange? I've check the log file > specified in the > default SMTP virtual server, but only appears to contain > source/dest IP > addresses. > > Thanks, > Erick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:33 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Message failure > > > > > > Erick, > > > > The message is actually very informative. Three things: > > 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? > > 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the > > message and is > > giving you a code to look up. > > 3. Did you Google the following terms "email delivery codes"? > > > > Here is a link you may want to bookmark: > > > > http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.bolts&nuts/smtp.codes.comm > > and.group.htm > > (may wrap) > > > > You really need to start doing your own research and being a little > > more descriptive in not only your problem, but the layout of your > > system and what > > you have done to try and fix the problem to this point. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:01 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Message failure > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm fairly new at working with Exchange. I'm having a problem with > > sending mail from my account. With almost every message (but not > > every one), I get > > an error. The problem is, the message that Exchange sends > > back to me is all > > but useless, I can't find any other references to the error. > > How can I dig > > into this and find out what happened? I've check the event > log with no > > success. > > > > Thanks, > > Erick > > > > > > Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. > > > > Subject: FW: Budget > > Sent: 9/8/2003 11:59 AM > > > > The following recipient(s) could not be reached: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/8/2003 11:59 AM > > The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but > > did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. > > If it still > > fails, contact your system administrator. > > <dc.nbr.lan #5.0.0> > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=& lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
