Re: 503 5.5.2 Send hello first

From: Rich Matheisen [MVP] (richnews_at_rmcons.com.NOSPAM.COM)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:05:59 -0500

"Sidney Zhang" <sidneyz@tom.com> wrote:

>Thanks, Tom and Rich.
>1) I've actived the SMTP log, but not fully understand what it mean.
>I know 250 means OK, does it mean my exchange server could handle HELO
>successfully?
>What does 0 means? also success?

I think you should add a few more items to the log. I usually check
*every* box to get the max amount of info into the log file. I know
some of them will always be empty, but I add 'em anyway.

I'm not sure what the lines with no commands represent -- that's why I
add all the other fields to the log, so it tells me what it's doing.

>2) followed Tom's instruction, I've added a new connector. But till now
>seems no luck.

Since your problem is with inbound connections the SMTP Connector
isn't doing you any good (or harm).

>3) what does ESMTP mean? I didn't find it in SMTP spec.

It's a different RFC. :)

See RFC1869.

>What should I do next?

202.106.187.150 belongs to sina.com. Is 62.23.221.211 the server
that's running Notes? or is it 203.202.149.158 (which seems to be the
one). If it is, you need more data. The series of commands looks okay
to me. You'd want to see the error in the log, not just the successes.
That TIMEOUT might be significant, though, especially if it happens
regularly.

>Thanks
>Sidney
>
>02:31:20 62.23.221.211 HELO - 250
>02:31:20 62.23.221.211 MAIL - 250
>02:31:23 62.23.221.211 RCPT - 250
>02:31:32 62.23.221.211 DATA - 250
>02:31:32 62.23.221.211 QUIT - 240
>02:33:01 202.106.187.150 - - 0
>02:33:01 202.106.187.150 EHLO - 0
>02:33:01 202.106.187.150 - - 0
>02:33:01 202.106.187.150 HELO - 0
>02:33:01 202.106.187.150 - - 0
>02:33:01 202.106.187.150 MAIL - 0
>02:33:01 202.106.187.150 - - 0
>02:33:01 202.106.187.150 RCPT - 0
>02:33:03 202.106.187.150 - - 0
>02:33:03 202.106.187.150 DATA - 0
>02:33:03 202.106.187.150 - - 0
>06:02:11 203.202.149.158 TIMEOUT - 121
>06:02:11 203.202.149.158 QUIT - 240
>
> 

-- 
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

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