Re: Not receiving e-mails

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From: RobL (RobL_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 01:49:03 -0700

Thanks for that.

I have contacted our ISP to check the MX record for me, heard nothing yet.
We are not using reverse lookup so there is no PTR record in DNS.
I am not using a smart host.

All was working fine until our ADSL router died. It has now been replaced
by our ISP but the only thing we can not do is receive e-mails. Send them
and access Internet is fine.

Regards,

RobL

"Anonymous" wrote:

> 1.- check your MX record
> 2.- Do you have a PTR in your DNS? some domain s perform reverse lookup.
> 3.- Are you using a smart host?
>
> "RobL" <RobL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3BA60023-A41A-4A77-A50C-010AF31C9BED@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > What would stop Exchange receiving e-mails but allow it to send them?
> >
> > we can send e-mails from our domain but if anyone tries to send to us they
> > get a bounce back saying 'unable to relay' 554.
> >
> > Any help much appreciaited!
> >
> > RobL
>
>
>

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