Re: Bad Mail?

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From: Fitz Crittle [MSFT] (fitzcrit_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/29/04

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    You can try and replay the messages.

    1. Stop the SMTP Service
    2. Copy all Files with a .bad extension in the Badmail Folder to the Pickup
    Directory.

    3. Ren all the *.bad files to *. with No extensions! in the Pickup Directory
    4. Start the SMTP and all other services.
    5. Verify the messages were delivered.

    Thanks,
    Fitz Crittle

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    "John" <jbielot@nospam.algonquin-industries.com> wrote in message
    news:ujOMXrgXEHA.2972@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
    > Had an odd problem yesterday/today. Single Win2K domain, 2 Exchange 2K/SP2
    > servers. The 'master' server was OK. The 'member' server would not receive
    > nor send internal/external mail. After checking numerous things (dns,
    > replication, queues, etc), I enabled logging on SMTP on the member server.
    > Mail started flowing again? Now it's working. I'm not sure what happened.
    >
    > I found several hundred messages in the 'bad mail' folder on the member
    > server. What I want to know is, is there anyway to resend the mail in
    > there?
    > Or is it lost forever? Do I have any options?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    > John
    >
    >

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