I did read this article in my research. I don't think that it is applicable because:
1. It says that this occurs only when internet mail is forwarded. We do not forward. 2. I know that an attempt is made to the correct mail server because I have the trace (see below). Any ideas? John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MSWinNT Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:30 PM Subject: RE: Network/SMTP error when sending message > try this > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-GB;q283255 > > -----Original Message----- > From: John P. Hoekstra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 07 May 2002 17:01 > To: MSWinNT Discussions > Subject: Network/SMTP error when sending message > > > Hi, > > I am having a somewhat mysterious network problem that I suspect is due to > some setting on our Windows NT 4.0 server. > > We are using our Exchange server to directly send outgoing e-mail through > our router/firewall. Sometimes a message fails to reach its destination > because of what is reported as network errors. It is not consistently > reproducible. That is, that some of the e-mail servers we have problems with > will sometimes accept a message from us. > > The event log reports event 3010 (An attempt to connect to host xxx > failed. ) from the internet mail connector. When I trace the SMTP session it > always fits the pattern below. The destination servers fit no pattern. This > happens when talking to sendmail, Lotus, Exchange, and other systems. > > 5/7/02 12:21:02 AM : A connection to 65.165.203.5 was established. > 5/7/02 12:21:03 AM : <<< 220 X1 NT-ESMTP Server > dcpems00.dotcomdatacenter.com (IMail 6.06 50439-1) > 5/7/02 12:21:03 AM : >>> EHLO fengor.holland.factoryinsite.com > 5/7/02 12:21:03 AM : <<< 250-dcpems00.dotcomdatacenter.com says hello > 250-SIZE 0 > 250-8BITMIME > 250-DSN > 250-ETRN > 250-AUTH LOGIN CRAM-MD5 > 250-AUTH=LOGIN > 250 EXPN > 5/7/02 12:21:03 AM : >>> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=15290 > 5/7/02 12:21:03 AM : <<< 250 ok > 5/7/02 12:21:03 AM : >>> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 5/7/02 12:21:04 AM : <<< 250 ok its for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 5/7/02 12:21:04 AM : >>> DATA > 5/7/02 12:21:04 AM : <<< 354 ok, send it; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF> > 5/7/02 12:22:57 AM : 499 Host unreachable: albaxinc.com. Message subject: > """". Rescheduling delivery for later. > > This makes me wonder whether I have some buffer setting somewhere set too > big to allow reliable communications. > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > > John P. Hoekstra > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Macatawa Computer Services, Inc. > 68-70 West 8th Street > Holland MI 49423-3159 > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
