Re: The connection was dropped due to an SMTP protocol event sink

From: Toni C. (nousa[without_this)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:54:30 +0100

Hi Steve,
I have GFI as third party software...
I've seen a similar problem here
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.exchange.connectivity/browse_thread/thread/c978fb6f3ebf2ab5/e3321885030462da?q=%22The+connection+was+dropped+due+to+an+SMTP+protocol+event+sink%22+GFI&_done=%2Fgroups%3Fq%3D%22The+connection+was+dropped+due+to+an+SMTP+protocol+event+sink%22+GFI%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg%26&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#e3321885030462da

I'll try this solution in this group..

Toni

"SteveG" <SteveG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C709E69-3E02-46C2-979D-41737F4B5797@microsoft.com...
>I have a similar problem but have determined that it is only when the
>primary
> mail server for the doamian that I am trying to send to is unavailable
> that I
> have this problem. If I setup a dns zone locally for the domain and setup
> the secondary mail server as the primary mx record it goes through fine.
>
> I have yet to find a solution
>
> I am on Exchange 2003 sp1 on windows server 2003. I suspect it may be a
> third party piece of software. Installed third party software includes
> Symantec Mail security for exchange 4.5, Symantec AV corporate ver 9,
> Exclaimer ver 2.22, I Hate Spam ver 1.5.205.
>
> Please post if you have any similar software or if you find a solution
> elsewhere.
>
> "Toni C." wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>> I have this problem from one week, I cant send some emails to some
>> domains
>> (2 or 3) in Exchange System Manager (MS Exchange 2003) I have the
>> following
>> text "The connection was dropped due to an SMTP protocol event sink" or
>> "the
>> remote server did not respond to a connection attempt"
>> I've tested the DNS (but it was OK), I can send e-mails to other
>> domains...
>> everything was OK, but from some days I cannot sleep thinking about this
>> problem (I've even searched in google.com and try to repair every
>> details,
>> but without any good effect)
>>
>> Can someone help me or has some issues? (maybe there are a patch or other
>> issues)
>>
>> thanks,
>> Toni.
>>
>>
>>

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