Re: Exchange 2003 does not receive external mail

I did a route print on the server and it shows only 1 default gateway, which
was the one specified on the internal network. I did not show the default
gateway for the external interface. In the properties for the internal card
I removed the default gateway and then did another route print and it still
showed only one, but this time it was the external card. Mail instantly
started to flow...

I guess I don't understand why only one default gateway was showing in route
print??

Good news is that it seems to work now.

"David Elfassy" wrote:

My guess is that you probably have some type of a routing issue coming in
from your external network. Is there a router somewhere between your
firewall and the internal network?

"Joshd23" <Joshd23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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ok, here's something that may help...
I'm on our internal network and I telnet to the external address, telnet
work fine. If I go to a PC that is not on our internal network and telnet
to
the external address it does not work. Connection failed. It's not a
firewall issue, I disabled it to test... Anonymous access is enabled.



"Bharat Suneja [MVP]" wrote:

Most likely the cause is in your external DNS configuration - if you can
receive mail by telnetting to the external IP address, it confirms your
firewall NAT and ACLs are ok - you can get to SMTP from the outside. When
you use telnet by IP address, you are bypassing your external DNS.

I would recommend checking the external DNS configuration - you can use
something like DNSReport.com to confirm.
--
Bharat Suneja
MVP - Exchange
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"Joshd23" <Joshd23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The only external mail exchange is receiving is manual telnet mail that
I
did
as a test. The SMTP logs say nothing, diagnostic logginf for
MSExchange
Transport shows generates nothing in the event logs.



"Bharat Suneja [MVP]" wrote:

Is Exchange receiving those messages?
- If no, what do the SMTP logs say?
- If yes, are they in the queue?
- Anything in the application event log?
- Bump up diagnostics logging for MSExchangeTransport. See if those
show
anything.
--
Bharat Suneja
MVP - Exchange
www.zenprise.com
NEW blog location:
www.exchangepedia.com/blog
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"Joshd23" <Joshd23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,
I'm running Exchange 2003 sp2. My environment is exchange on one
box
and
the DC on another. All internal mail works and i can send
externally.
DNS
seems ok, MX records seem ok. I can receive test mail when I telnet
to
the
external address. External messages are getting to the server, I can
see
this
through a firewall log, but exchange doesn't process these messages.
I
have
tried disabling the firewall and no luck. What's really weird is
that
sometimes it will work for about 10 minutes or so, then all of a
sudden
it
stops processing incoming mail. Any help would be appreciated, I'm
really
stumped on this one.

also, netdiag and dcdiag are all good and no errors in the event
viewer.
I've tired diagnostic logging, but not really too sure what to look
for
here.









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