Is the destination domain/hostname an alias on the box? IMail checks the local names before calling the DNS.
Bob -- The great danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.--Michaelangelo ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Rick Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:07:40 -0500 >OK I am stumped I have a customer who insists on running his Imail system >behind MS ISA Server(despite my opinion of it). > >The customer is is a large company spread across the US. I currently have 3 >Imail systems running as peers for their domain, they use public IPs. I am >trying to add a 4th peer (the one behind the ISA server) > >Here's the deal. >I can telnet on port 25 to both the external IP and the DNS name just fine > >I can send mail to it directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it gets >delivered to the intedended mailbox > >If I send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it goes to the primary peer here in >Cleveland and then is correctly sent to azmail.example.com in Arizona. BUT >it sits in the queue unable to be delivered and eventualy is kicked back to >me saying: > >Delivery failed 20 attempts: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx = external IP > >BTW - They are also running MS DNS on the same box as Imail > >Everything is fine until Imail attemps to deliver the message locally. So >the question is why cant Imail deliver a message for a user it knows is on >the system? > >My guess is that it is trying to connect back to the external IP address >which it believes to be itself. > >I have tried several different entries in the host file to no avail. > >Aside from the obvious comments about MS ISA Server, does anyone have any >suggestions how to fix this? > >Is anyone else running Imail Peering behind MS ISA Server? > >Any help is appreciated! > >Have a great day! >Rick Davidson >Buckeye Internet Inc. >www.buckeyeweb.com >440-953-1900 ext 222 >- > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the KillerWebMail system at alpha.ipswitch.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
