hello all,

I've got an win2k server / SP4 behind a firewall and want to use this
machine just
to send mail out, but all the mails I send just won't go out - I see them in
the queue.
the machine is a member of a Small Business Server 2000 domain.

with NSLOOKUP I checked if this machine can get MX records - e.g. for
"gmx.de"
I get:
mx0.gmx.de        internet address = 213.165.64.100
mx0.gmx.net       internet address = 213.165.64.100
.
.
should be ok like this I guess...

now I used telnet to test the connection (telnet 213.165.64.100 25)....
everything works out fine: I can connect and deliver a email to my GMX
account
using telnet (HELO / MAIL FROM: / RCPT TO: / DATA / QUIT).

why isn't it working with my Virtual SMTP server? any ideas?


regards,
andi

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What events do you see in the event logs (probably event 4000 from smtpsvc)?
One idea is that it could be DNS. When you do a nslookup you are using UDP
but Windows 2000 uses TCP for DNS queries. To take DNS out of the picture,
on the SMTP box you can create a remote domain and forward mail to that
domain to IP address the nslookup returned for the MX record. If the mail
then goes to that domain, DNS is your problem. You can force nslookup to
query using TCP to test this theory using the following article
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...KB;EN-US;263237

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"andi_st" <silvervelvet@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> hello all,
>
> I've got an win2k server / SP4 behind a firewall and want to use this
> machine just
> to send mail out, but all the mails I send just won't go out - I see them
in
> the queue.
> the machine is a member of a Small Business Server 2000 domain.
>
> with NSLOOKUP I checked if this machine can get MX records - e.g. for
> "gmx.de"
> I get:
> mx0.gmx.de        internet address = 213.165.64.100
> mx0.gmx.net       internet address = 213.165.64.100
> .
> .
> should be ok like this I guess...
>
> now I used telnet to test the connection (telnet 213.165.64.100 25)....
> everything works out fine: I can connect and deliver a email to my GMX
> account
> using telnet (HELO / MAIL FROM: / RCPT TO: / DATA / QUIT).
>
> why isn't it working with my Virtual SMTP server? any ideas?
>
>
> regards,
> andi
>
>
>

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Hi,

I have the same issue.  I wrote an ASP to send email, and the mail ends
up in the queue directory.

I have a home network with two servers:
Sever1 XP, SMTP
Server2 Win2K, SMTP (Domain controller)

I am successful When I run the ASP from the XP server, but I encounter
the above problem on the Win2K machine.  The mail ends up in the queue
folder.

I don't fully understand the suggestion outlined above, but I followed
the microsoft article and nslookup using tcp does not work.  But it
doesn't work on the XP machine either???  So why can I send mai from
there?

If it has something to do with XP vs 2000, can you please provide a more
detailed solution of the SMTP configuration using a "Remote Domian"?

Thanks!!



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hi darin,
I forced nslookup to use TCP (instead of UDP) and everything looks
fine - which means I get the correct MX records.
I'm sorry, but I did not understand this sentence:
"To take DNS out of the picture, on the SMTP box you can create a
remote domain and forward mail to that domain to IP address the nslookup
returned for the MX record. "

could you explain to me how to do that? 


in the meantime I did a workaround: I installed MERCURY which is a free
SMPT / POP3 / IMAP server (www.pmail.com) for win32 - with this one I
have no problems sending mail - but I would be happier if I could do that
with
the SMTP server of win2k of course.

thx for your help,
andi





"Darin Roulston [MSFT]" <darinr@online.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> What events do you see in the event logs (probably event 4000 from
smtpsvc)?
> One idea is that it could be DNS. When you do a nslookup you are using UDP
> but Windows 2000 uses TCP for DNS queries. To take DNS out of the picture,
> on the SMTP box you can create a remote domain and forward mail to that
> domain to IP address the nslookup returned for the MX record. If the mail
> then goes to that domain, DNS is your problem. You can force nslookup to
> query using TCP to test this theory using the following article
> http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...KB;EN-US;263237
>
> --
> Darin Roulston
> Microsoft PSS
>
> Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This alias is for
> newsgroup purposes only.
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
> "andi_st" <silvervelvet@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:OaPpaFK8DHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... 
them
> in 
>
>

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