Make sure that you have applied the post-7.03 patch:
ftp://ftp.ipswitch.com/Ipswitch/Product_Support/IMail/IM703HF1.exe
This hotfix for IMail Server 7.03 addresses an issue in SMTP32.exe where
MX queries could exceeded the maximum packet length for UDP queries.
SMTP32.exe is updated by this hotfix.
Dave
In reply to 9 Sep message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>DNS has been validated (ping works on FQDN and browser can
>open websites using FQDN no problem) NSlookup returns all
>correct records (MX too, when requested)
>Reverse DNS is set correctly and mail finds its way to server
>for collection by POP3 (thats where this correspondance is
>collected)
>I am at a loss to explain why SMTP will not send
>Frustrating.............
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 11:03 AM
>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP Send Failure
>>
>> >No its not just that ip (hotmail.com) its all of them.
>>
>> a little detail I missed, if it was given.
>>
>> if you cannot send to any ip, then check Imail access to DNS, and
validate
>> the DNS.
>>
>> also, reboot the server. MS says this always works. :))
>>
>> > That ip by the way
>> >is the A record. It should be the MX record and that is the problem
>>
>> Imail should only send to A record RDATA fields, not to MX hostnames.
>>
>> Len
>>
>>
>> http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training
>> http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K
>> http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail
gateways
>>
>>
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