Listening Ports

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From: Mark (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:27:44 -0700

I've got an Exchange 5.5 box that is hooked to the
internet through MS Proxy 2.0. When I check to see what
ports are being used on it, it find that there are quite a
few (40 or so) that are listening to some domain name that
I've never heard of. A few weeks ago it was listening to
one domain, now all of this week it is listening to
another. But it has been the same domain the whole week,
not an email that has connected and then dropped. I've
tried using the Close Port program to stop it, but it
keeps coming back. Anynone know what this is about?

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