That seems to have done the trick. It was the trailing "." in the name of the mail server.
Here's how I got rid of it: 1. Backup IMail configuration, stop IMail server, backup Ipswitch registry key. 2. In regedit, find the key My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTARE\Ipswitch\Imail\Domains\10.1.1.6 (note, the IP address is my local address behind my firewall). 3. This key has a field called "Official". Its value was "mail.cws-gr.biz." Changed it to remove the trailing period. 4. There is another key called My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTARE\Ipswitch\Imail\Domains\mail.cws-gr.biz. I just renamed it to remove the trailing period. 5. Restart IMail services. When I looked back into IMail Administrator, the trailing period was removed from the Official Host Name field (the one that you can't edit from IMail Administrator). I sent the same test message I've been using to my friends over at SageStone.com, and this time it looks like it went through. Here's the log entries: 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) Trying sagestone.com (0) 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) Connect sagestone.com [63.236.237.239:25] (1) 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 220 bacon.sagestone.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.4453 ready at Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:59:23 -0400 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) >EHLO mail.cws-gr.biz 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-bacon.sagestone.com Hello [64.105.9.212] 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-TURN 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-ATRN 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-SIZE 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-ETRN 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-PIPELINING 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-DSN 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-8bitmime 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-BINARYMIME 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-CHUNKING 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-VRFY 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-X-EXPS LOGIN 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-X-EXPS=LOGIN 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-AUTH LOGIN 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-AUTH=LOGIN 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-X-LINK2STATE 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250-XEXCH50 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250 OK 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) >MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250 2.1.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) >RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250 2.1.5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) >DATA 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF> 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) >. 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 250 2.6.0 <011601c229c6$26dd5ca0$0200a8c0@C696001D> Queued mail for delivery 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) rdeliver sagestone.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (1) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 931 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) >QUIT 07:12 13:06 SMTP-(000003D8) 221 2.0.0 bacon.sagestone.com Service closing transmission channel Thanks to all who helped me out. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Windows 2000 DNS and IMail > > >Here's an example entry from from my SMTP log file from this morning that > >highlights the problem. It seems that 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address is the error > >that keeps happening. > > > >07:12 00:14 SMTP-(0000086C) Trying sagestone.com (0) > >07:12 00:14 SMTP-(0000086C) Connect sagestone.com [63.236.237.239:25] (1) > >07:12 00:14 SMTP-(0000086C) 220 bacon.sagestone.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL > >Service, Version: 5.0.2195.4453 ready at Fri, 12 Jul 2002 00:06:50 -0400 > >07:12 00:14 SMTP-(0000086C) >EHLO mail.cws-gr.biz. > >07:12 00:14 SMTP-(0000086C) 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address > >07:12 00:14 SMTP-(0000086C) >HELO mail.cws-gr.biz. > >07:12 00:14 SMTP-(0000086C) 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address > > The problem is on their end, not yours. But, you may be able to get it fixed. > > There are two problems on their end, actually. The first is that they are > rejecting the E-mail based on the HELO/EHLO text, which violates the > RFCs. That you can't do anything about. > > The other problem is that they aren't accepting your host name because it > has a period at the end of it. You are claiming to be "mail.cws-gr.biz." > (as opposed to "mail.cws-gr.biz"). That is, as far as I know, technically > valid (and many mailservers will accept it). However, you may want to > check your IMail settings to see where "mail.cws-gr.biz." (with the period) > appears, and change it so that there is no period in it. > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
