Re: Can't get mail in from outside world - please help

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From: Magoo (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:49:57 -0700

new company, new domain. old dns was hosted by mydomains
or something like that - a company that the owners
registered the domain name with.

if it's not dns... what else could it be? i could not
find anything to "fix" in the smtp connector.

only errors in the event log to speak of are ldap binding
errors (i think relating to active directory) - would
this keep exchange from accessing the directory to find
the individual mailboxes and hence respond that it is an
invalid name?? unfortunately, i'm guessing.

thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>It could be DNS. What kind of mail server was hosting it
before.
>
>--
>Martin Blackstone
>MVP - Exchange
>
>http://www.swinc.com/resource/exchange.htm
>
>
>http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxc.htm
>"Magoo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:02e801c49aa2$f1f2d7e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for the response Martin.
>>
>> The MX record points to the firewall in front of the
>> server and I am doing port forwarding (25). My NS and
MX
>> records are still propagating out to the real world
which
>> could be the issue. However, it has been about 36
hours
>> now and most servers are updated except for the primary
>> external DNS server for my company is pointing to a
UUNET
>> server for some reason - I am hopeful that this
>> propagation which will be done tomorrow.
>>
>> The postmaster message made me think that the exchange
>> server was actually getting the e-mail and refusing it,
>> so I was trying to chase in that direction. Maybe it
is
>> a dns issue which will resolve itself and I can sit
>> back??? What do you think?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>That's not an Exchange NDR. I suspect your email is
>> hitting another server
>>>before going to Exchange.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Martin Blackstone
>>>MVP - Exchange
>>>
>>>http://www.swinc.com/resource/exchange.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxc.htm
>>>"Magoo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:231001c49a9e$3b6e9670$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> Can anybody give me a hint on where to look to fix
>> this?
>>>>
>>>> This is what I see when e-mailing from the outside
>> world
>>>> to my Exchange 2003 server (SBS 2003):
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> This is an automated status message
>>>>
>>>> Delivery failed to these recipients:
>>>>
>>>> joey.buttafuco@xyz.com
>>>>
>>>> Delivery failures can be the result of:
>>>>
>>>> - User's mailbox quota being exceeded
>>>> - Invalid Username at a valid domain
>>>> - No connectivity to destination domain
>>>> - Improper DNS setup for destination
>>>> - Remote mail server temporarily not available
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> The Postmaster server at:
>>>> xyz.com
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
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