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Frank

2005-04-06, 5:57 pm

Hi,

I am learning how to create a mail server in IIS and have a couple of
questions. I have an MX record configured in my DNS and checked through
nslookup that my DNS is working fine. I have IIS SMTP service installed and
running. When I try to telnet to my mail server I get the following error:
"Cannot open connection to host on port 25"
I do not have a firewall running on my server. Just antivirus. How can I
find out why my SMTP service is not working?
How can I configure and add email users in IIS MMC snap-in? Thanks.

Frank


Frank

2005-04-06, 5:57 pm

Ok, I fixed one problem. I found that my antivirus program bloked telnet so
I know that SMTP is running. I also configured it for relaying and tried
sending and revieving email. At the telnet command I get ok, but how can I
really see if I am using a valid email from my domain or verify that I am
receiving emails? Does POP3 work without Exchange?

Frank

Note: Please reply for my second question from the original post. Thanks.


"Frank" <frank673@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:eogM8FtOFHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I am learning how to create a mail server in IIS and have a couple of
> questions. I have an MX record configured in my DNS and checked through
> nslookup that my DNS is working fine. I have IIS SMTP service installed

and
> running. When I try to telnet to my mail server I get the following error:
> "Cannot open connection to host on port 25"
> I do not have a firewall running on my server. Just antivirus. How can I
> find out why my SMTP service is not working?
> How can I configure and add email users in IIS MMC snap-in? Thanks.
>
> Frank
>
>



Jeff Cochran

2005-04-06, 8:48 pm

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:54:54 -0600, "Frank" <frank673@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I am learning how to create a mail server in IIS and have a couple of
>questions. I have an MX record configured in my DNS and checked through
>nslookup that my DNS is working fine. I have IIS SMTP service installed and
>running. When I try to telnet to my mail server I get the following error:
>"Cannot open connection to host on port 25"
>I do not have a firewall running on my server. Just antivirus. How can I
>find out why my SMTP service is not working?


Is your ISP blocking port 25?

>How can I configure and add email users in IIS MMC snap-in?


By using the POP server, not SMTP. Assuming Server 2003, otherwise,
you need a third party mail server that does POP/IMAPI to use a POP or
IMAPI client.

Jeff
Jeff Cochran

2005-04-06, 8:48 pm

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 15:25:15 -0600, "Frank" <frank673@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Ok, I fixed one problem. I found that my antivirus program bloked telnet so
>I know that SMTP is running. I also configured it for relaying and tried
>sending and revieving email. At the telnet command I get ok, but how can I
>really see if I am using a valid email from my domain or verify that I am
>receiving emails? Does POP3 work without Exchange?


See:

HOW TO: Test Windows 2000 IIS SMTP Services Manually
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;286421

HOW TO: Test SMTP Services Manually in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;323350

POP is only available on Server 2003.

Jeff



>Note: Please reply for my second question from the original post. Thanks.
>
>
>"Frank" <frank673@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
>news:eogM8FtOFHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>and
>


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