Re: receiving mail

From: Michael Barta [MSFT] (mbarta_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/22/04


Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:17:22 -0500

Did you open port 25 on your firewall?
Did you install an Internet Mail Connector?

You can test the IMC with the information in this article.

153119 XFOR: Telnet to Port 25 to Test SMTP Communication
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=153119

If you can telnet to it from itself or other machines on the internal
network, then its probably your firewall.

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Michael Barta [MSFT]
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"jay" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:2b5c01c4286f$b247b020$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I recently set up exchange 5.5 on my sbserver. All of my
> mx records are correct. I can not receive any email. I'm
> not sure what the issue is. Are there any sure things that
> I need to look for?????????? 


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