RE: Message failure
Connection refused indicates that the recipient's e-mail system might be doing reverse DNS lookups. Do you have a correct reverse DNS record for the IP address you're using? Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erick Thompson Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure That was a bad example, as it was a mistake on my part. However, I am still getting a lot of the error messages, with addresses I know are good. As for the error code, you're right, it does tell me something, but not a lot. I know what the various codes mean, but it's not that useful without some context. For example, 500 is Syntax error, command unrecognized. What was the command that was unrecognized? So, let me further define my question. What I am looking for is information on exactly what failed. On another SMTP engine (Lyris) I admin, I get an error message that has enough information to give me some idea of what went wrong. Something like this is what I'm looking for (some personal info stripped). Here is additional information about this error: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Name: List: japanforum Cause: Mail is undeliverable after 3 attempts. To delete this member, send the following two line message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] login (enter your password here) delete japanforum [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Mail Transaction log: -- Sending email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- DNS lookup succeeded, found 12 acceptable mail servers for hotmail.com -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- [connection refused] -- Connection refused to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- Connected to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- 220 mc5-f19 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.5600 ready at Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:10:35 -0700 -- HELO 192.168.2.99 -- 250 mc5-f19 Hello [204.201.190.99] -- MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK -- RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable -- QUIT With this, I can see exactly what went wrong, and if it's something that I should take a look at or not. So, where can I get this type of information for a failed message in Exchange? I've check the log file specified in the default SMTP virtual server, but only appears to contain source/dest IP addresses. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, The message is actually very informative. Three things: 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the message and is giving you a code to look up. 3. Did you Google the following terms email delivery codes? Here is a link you may want to bookmark: http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.boltsnuts/smtp.codes.comm and.group.htm (may wrap) You really need to start doing your own research and being a little more descriptive in not only your problem, but the layout of your system and what you have done to try and fix the problem to this point. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Message failure Hello, I'm fairly new at working with Exchange. I'm having a problem with sending mail from my account. With almost every message (but not every one), I get an error. The problem is, the message that Exchange sends back to me is all but useless, I can't find any other references to the error. How can I dig into this and find out what happened? I've check the event log with no success. Thanks, Erick Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject:FW: Budget Sent: 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator. dc.nbr.lan #5.0.0 _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchanget ext_mode=lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource
RE: Message failure
Erick, The message is actually very informative. Three things: 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the message and is giving you a code to look up. 3. Did you Google the following terms email delivery codes? Here is a link you may want to bookmark: http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.boltsnuts/smtp.codes.command.group.htm (may wrap) You really need to start doing your own research and being a little more descriptive in not only your problem, but the layout of your system and what you have done to try and fix the problem to this point. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Message failure Hello, I'm fairly new at working with Exchange. I'm having a problem with sending mail from my account. With almost every message (but not every one), I get an error. The problem is, the message that Exchange sends back to me is all but useless, I can't find any other references to the error. How can I dig into this and find out what happened? I've check the event log with no success. Thanks, Erick Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: FW: Budget Sent: 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator. dc.nbr.lan #5.0.0 _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Message failure
That was a bad example, as it was a mistake on my part. However, I am still getting a lot of the error messages, with addresses I know are good. As for the error code, you're right, it does tell me something, but not a lot. I know what the various codes mean, but it's not that useful without some context. For example, 500 is Syntax error, command unrecognized. What was the command that was unrecognized? So, let me further define my question. What I am looking for is information on exactly what failed. On another SMTP engine (Lyris) I admin, I get an error message that has enough information to give me some idea of what went wrong. Something like this is what I'm looking for (some personal info stripped). Here is additional information about this error: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Name: List: japanforum Cause: Mail is undeliverable after 3 attempts. To delete this member, send the following two line message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] login (enter your password here) delete japanforum [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Mail Transaction log: -- Sending email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- DNS lookup succeeded, found 12 acceptable mail servers for hotmail.com -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- [connection refused] -- Connection refused to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- Connected to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- 220 mc5-f19 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.5600 ready at Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:10:35 -0700 -- HELO 192.168.2.99 -- 250 mc5-f19 Hello [204.201.190.99] -- MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK -- RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable -- QUIT With this, I can see exactly what went wrong, and if it's something that I should take a look at or not. So, where can I get this type of information for a failed message in Exchange? I've check the log file specified in the default SMTP virtual server, but only appears to contain source/dest IP addresses. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, The message is actually very informative. Three things: 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the message and is giving you a code to look up. 3. Did you Google the following terms email delivery codes? Here is a link you may want to bookmark: http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.boltsnuts/smtp.codes.comm and.group.htm (may wrap) You really need to start doing your own research and being a little more descriptive in not only your problem, but the layout of your system and what you have done to try and fix the problem to this point. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Message failure Hello, I'm fairly new at working with Exchange. I'm having a problem with sending mail from my account. With almost every message (but not every one), I get an error. The problem is, the message that Exchange sends back to me is all but useless, I can't find any other references to the error. How can I dig into this and find out what happened? I've check the event log with no success. Thanks, Erick Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject:FW: Budget Sent: 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator. dc.nbr.lan #5.0.0 _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchanget ext_mode=lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED
RE: Message failure
Erick, Have you attempted to Telnet anywhere and send mail manually? -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure That was a bad example, as it was a mistake on my part. However, I am still getting a lot of the error messages, with addresses I know are good. As for the error code, you're right, it does tell me something, but not a lot. I know what the various codes mean, but it's not that useful without some context. For example, 500 is Syntax error, command unrecognized. What was the command that was unrecognized? So, let me further define my question. What I am looking for is information on exactly what failed. On another SMTP engine (Lyris) I admin, I get an error message that has enough information to give me some idea of what went wrong. Something like this is what I'm looking for (some personal info stripped). Here is additional information about this error: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Name: List: japanforum Cause: Mail is undeliverable after 3 attempts. To delete this member, send the following two line message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] login (enter your password here) delete japanforum [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Mail Transaction log: -- Sending email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- DNS lookup succeeded, found 12 acceptable mail servers for hotmail.com -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- [connection refused] -- Connection refused to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- Connected to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- 220 mc5-f19 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.5600 ready at Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:10:35 -0700 -- HELO 192.168.2.99 -- 250 mc5-f19 Hello [204.201.190.99] -- MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK -- RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable -- QUIT With this, I can see exactly what went wrong, and if it's something that I should take a look at or not. So, where can I get this type of information for a failed message in Exchange? I've check the log file specified in the default SMTP virtual server, but only appears to contain source/dest IP addresses. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, The message is actually very informative. Three things: 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the message and is giving you a code to look up. 3. Did you Google the following terms email delivery codes? Here is a link you may want to bookmark: http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.boltsnuts/smtp.codes.comm and.group.htm (may wrap) You really need to start doing your own research and being a little more descriptive in not only your problem, but the layout of your system and what you have done to try and fix the problem to this point. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Message failure Hello, I'm fairly new at working with Exchange. I'm having a problem with sending mail from my account. With almost every message (but not every one), I get an error. The problem is, the message that Exchange sends back to me is all but useless, I can't find any other references to the error. How can I dig into this and find out what happened? I've check the event log with no success. Thanks, Erick Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject:FW: Budget Sent: 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator. dc.nbr.lan #5.0.0 _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchanget ext_mode=lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED
RE: Message failure
I have, but I must admit not for some time. It seems like the telnet built into Windows 2000 won't allow a connection to any other port then 23. I could download another client, but I haven't needed to for some time. Why do you ask? Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:38 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, Have you attempted to Telnet anywhere and send mail manually? -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure That was a bad example, as it was a mistake on my part. However, I am still getting a lot of the error messages, with addresses I know are good. As for the error code, you're right, it does tell me something, but not a lot. I know what the various codes mean, but it's not that useful without some context. For example, 500 is Syntax error, command unrecognized. What was the command that was unrecognized? So, let me further define my question. What I am looking for is information on exactly what failed. On another SMTP engine (Lyris) I admin, I get an error message that has enough information to give me some idea of what went wrong. Something like this is what I'm looking for (some personal info stripped). Here is additional information about this error: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Name: List: japanforum Cause: Mail is undeliverable after 3 attempts. To delete this member, send the following two line message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] login (enter your password here) delete japanforum [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Mail Transaction log: -- Sending email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- DNS lookup succeeded, found 12 acceptable mail servers for hotmail.com -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- [connection refused] -- Connection refused to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- Connected to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- 220 mc5-f19 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.5600 ready at Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:10:35 -0700 -- HELO 192.168.2.99 -- 250 mc5-f19 Hello [204.201.190.99] -- MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK -- RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable -- QUIT With this, I can see exactly what went wrong, and if it's something that I should take a look at or not. So, where can I get this type of information for a failed message in Exchange? I've check the log file specified in the default SMTP virtual server, but only appears to contain source/dest IP addresses. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, The message is actually very informative. Three things: 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the message and is giving you a code to look up. 3. Did you Google the following terms email delivery codes? Here is a link you may want to bookmark: http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.boltsnuts/smtp.codes.comm and.group.htm (may wrap) You really need to start doing your own research and being a little more descriptive in not only your problem, but the layout of your system and what you have done to try and fix the problem to this point. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Message failure Hello, I'm fairly new at working with Exchange. I'm having a problem with sending mail from my account. With almost every message (but not every one), I get an error. The problem is, the message that Exchange sends back to me is all but useless, I can't find any other references to the error. How can I dig into this and find out what happened? I've check the event log with no success. Thanks, Erick Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: FW: Budget Sent: 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator. dc.nbr.lan #5.0.0 _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com
RE: Message failure
To telnet to a host on a different port: telnet host port telnet localhost 25 Guy Swartwood Kopatich Enterprises -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure I have, but I must admit not for some time. It seems like the telnet built into Windows 2000 won't allow a connection to any other port then 23. I could download another client, but I haven't needed to for some time. Why do you ask? Erick _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Message failure
Because if you telnet to the mail server on port 25 and send your mail manually, then you will be able to see exactly where it fails in the sending process. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure I have, but I must admit not for some time. It seems like the telnet built into Windows 2000 won't allow a connection to any other port then 23. I could download another client, but I haven't needed to for some time. Why do you ask? Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:38 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, Have you attempted to Telnet anywhere and send mail manually? -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure That was a bad example, as it was a mistake on my part. However, I am still getting a lot of the error messages, with addresses I know are good. As for the error code, you're right, it does tell me something, but not a lot. I know what the various codes mean, but it's not that useful without some context. For example, 500 is Syntax error, command unrecognized. What was the command that was unrecognized? So, let me further define my question. What I am looking for is information on exactly what failed. On another SMTP engine (Lyris) I admin, I get an error message that has enough information to give me some idea of what went wrong. Something like this is what I'm looking for (some personal info stripped). Here is additional information about this error: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Name: List: japanforum Cause: Mail is undeliverable after 3 attempts. To delete this member, send the following two line message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] login (enter your password here) delete japanforum [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Mail Transaction log: -- Sending email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- DNS lookup succeeded, found 12 acceptable mail servers for hotmail.com -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- [connection refused] -- Connection refused to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- Connected to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- 220 mc5-f19 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.5600 ready at Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:10:35 -0700 -- HELO 192.168.2.99 -- 250 mc5-f19 Hello [204.201.190.99] -- MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK -- RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable -- QUIT With this, I can see exactly what went wrong, and if it's something that I should take a look at or not. So, where can I get this type of information for a failed message in Exchange? I've check the log file specified in the default SMTP virtual server, but only appears to contain source/dest IP addresses. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, The message is actually very informative. Three things: 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the message and is giving you a code to look up. 3. Did you Google the following terms email delivery codes? Here is a link you may want to bookmark: http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.boltsnuts/smtp.codes.comm and.group.htm (may wrap) You really need to start doing your own research and being a little more descriptive in not only your problem, but the layout of your system and what you have done to try and fix the problem to this point. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Message failure Hello, I'm fairly new at working with Exchange. I'm having a problem with sending mail from my account. With almost every message (but not every one), I get an error. The problem is, the message that Exchange sends back to me is all but useless, I can't find any other references to the error. How can I dig into this and find out what happened? I've check the event log with no success. Thanks, Erick Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: FW: Budget Sent: 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/8/2003 11:59 AM The e-mail system
RE: Message failure
I could try that, but that doesn't tell what went wrong when Exchange sent the message. There are a number of ways I can send it (HELO VS EHLO just for example). But I'm not interested in what happened when I send the message, more what happened when Exchange sent it. I take it this information isn't stored anywhere? The email address that's giving me problems is a listserv on sourceforge.net. The list remains active, so I have a strong feeling it's a problem on my end. I've tried multiple messages, and have had success sending to this list in the past, so I have a feeling (hope) that this is a transitory error. However, I really don't like not knowing what happened. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:21 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Because if you telnet to the mail server on port 25 and send your mail manually, then you will be able to see exactly where it fails in the sending process. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure I have, but I must admit not for some time. It seems like the telnet built into Windows 2000 won't allow a connection to any other port then 23. I could download another client, but I haven't needed to for some time. Why do you ask? Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:38 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, Have you attempted to Telnet anywhere and send mail manually? -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure That was a bad example, as it was a mistake on my part. However, I am still getting a lot of the error messages, with addresses I know are good. As for the error code, you're right, it does tell me something, but not a lot. I know what the various codes mean, but it's not that useful without some context. For example, 500 is Syntax error, command unrecognized. What was the command that was unrecognized? So, let me further define my question. What I am looking for is information on exactly what failed. On another SMTP engine (Lyris) I admin, I get an error message that has enough information to give me some idea of what went wrong. Something like this is what I'm looking for (some personal info stripped). Here is additional information about this error: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Name: List: japanforum Cause: Mail is undeliverable after 3 attempts. To delete this member, send the following two line message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] login (enter your password here) delete japanforum [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Mail Transaction log: -- Sending email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- DNS lookup succeeded, found 12 acceptable mail servers for hotmail.com -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- [connection refused] -- Connection refused to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- Connected to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- 220 mc5-f19 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.5600 ready at Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:10:35 -0700 -- HELO 192.168.2.99 -- 250 mc5-f19 Hello [204.201.190.99] -- MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK -- RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable -- QUIT With this, I can see exactly what went wrong, and if it's something that I should take a look at or not. So, where can I get this type of information for a failed message in Exchange? I've check the log file specified in the default SMTP virtual server, but only appears to contain source/dest IP addresses. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, The message is actually very informative. Three things: 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the message and is giving you a code to look up. 3. Did you Google the following terms email delivery codes? Here is a link you may want to bookmark: http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.boltsnuts/smtp.codes.comm and.group.htm (may wrap) You really need to start doing your own research and being a little more descriptive in not only your
Re: Message failure
Exchange will tell you in the tracking logs, if you have message tracking enabled. Connecting from the Exchange server as James suggested is generally faster than looking in logs. From: Erick Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:19:57 -0700 To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Message failure I could try that, but that doesn't tell what went wrong when Exchange sent the message. There are a number of ways I can send it (HELO VS EHLO just for example). But I'm not interested in what happened when I send the message, more what happened when Exchange sent it. I take it this information isn't stored anywhere? The email address that's giving me problems is a listserv on sourceforge.net. The list remains active, so I have a strong feeling it's a problem on my end. I've tried multiple messages, and have had success sending to this list in the past, so I have a feeling (hope) that this is a transitory error. However, I really don't like not knowing what happened. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:21 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Because if you telnet to the mail server on port 25 and send your mail manually, then you will be able to see exactly where it fails in the sending process. -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure I have, but I must admit not for some time. It seems like the telnet built into Windows 2000 won't allow a connection to any other port then 23. I could download another client, but I haven't needed to for some time. Why do you ask? Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:38 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, Have you attempted to Telnet anywhere and send mail manually? -Original Message- From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure That was a bad example, as it was a mistake on my part. However, I am still getting a lot of the error messages, with addresses I know are good. As for the error code, you're right, it does tell me something, but not a lot. I know what the various codes mean, but it's not that useful without some context. For example, 500 is Syntax error, command unrecognized. What was the command that was unrecognized? So, let me further define my question. What I am looking for is information on exactly what failed. On another SMTP engine (Lyris) I admin, I get an error message that has enough information to give me some idea of what went wrong. Something like this is what I'm looking for (some personal info stripped). Here is additional information about this error: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Name: List: japanforum Cause: Mail is undeliverable after 3 attempts. To delete this member, send the following two line message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] login (enter your password here) delete japanforum [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Mail Transaction log: -- Sending email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- DNS lookup succeeded, found 12 acceptable mail servers for hotmail.com -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- [connection refused] -- Connection refused to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.254.129 25) -- Attempting to connect to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- Connected to: mx1.hotmail.com (65.54.252.99 25) -- 220 mc5-f19 Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.5600 ready at Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:10:35 -0700 -- HELO 192.168.2.99 -- 250 mc5-f19 Hello [204.201.190.99] -- MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK -- RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable -- QUIT With this, I can see exactly what went wrong, and if it's something that I should take a look at or not. So, where can I get this type of information for a failed message in Exchange? I've check the log file specified in the default SMTP virtual server, but only appears to contain source/dest IP addresses. Thanks, Erick -Original Message- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Message failure Erick, The message is actually very informative. Three things: 1. Did you actually look at where you were trying to send it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shouldn't that be @nbr.ORG? 2. The system is telling you it couldn't deliver the message and is giving you a code to look up. 3. Did you Google the following terms email delivery codes? Here
