Good idea, thanks for the advice Let me know how it goes... Tony
-----Original Message----- From: Carlos Dinapoli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: December 6, 2001 16:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP issues on Exchange 2000 I have similar problem with one particular domain, my ISP says remote Exchange has been Reverse lookup in SMTP. But I don't find solution for this problem. Now I analize trace the Netmon. One solution provisory is setup other SMTP with Smarthost to secound MX for this remote Domian with problem. Tomorrow if prblem persist I open Case in PSS.... -----Original Message----- From: Tony Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 6:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP issues on Exchange 2000 Carlos, Answers below... Tony -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Dinapoli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: December 6, 2001 15:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP issues on Exchange 2000 Check FQDN in your SMTP VS has been = SMTP domain. -Yes, it is Test You telnet to port 25 to MX this Domains form E2k? -No - Could not open connection to host on port 25: Connect failed The Remote domains have Reverse Lookup? -I need to check that one out... -----Original Message----- From: Tony Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: SMTP issues on Exchange 2000 Problem: Certain outgoing mail sits in the queue of the SMTP virtual server until it times out. Errors in the event log report: Event ID 4000 Message delivery to the remote domain 'domainname.com' failed for the following reason: The remote server did not respond to a connection attempt. Setup: Exchange 2000 SP1 Windows 2000 Server SP2 AD integrated DDNS No DNS errors or problems in event log No other errors in the event log other than the one mentioned above No problems with incoming mail or internal mail No AV software (yet) Resources checked: The usual exchange haunts of swinc and swink, and the MSKB where I found: Q280794 XIMS: Message Cannot Be Sent to Domains with MX Record Pointing to CNAME Record Q288718 XIMS: Message Cannot Be Sent to Domains with MX Record That Points to IP Address Both of which indicate a service pack fix - also the file versions I have are newer the versions mentioned in these articles Any help would be appreciated, Tony List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
