Re: Connection dropped by remote host

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From: Steven van Houttum (steven_at_online.solfit.com)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:25:26 +0100

Do you get an error message or response code? And is this the only
mailserver you are having problems with? Perhaps you can post the exact
output, that might clear things up.
Still sounds like some kind of blocking issue. You might want to check
whether they are using blacklists.

Steven

"Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52FCEE15-DBC2-4EF6-9215-D82EB1BCDE6E@microsoft.com...
>I can telnet to port 25 from my home IP and send a mail from my domain to
> verizon via the telnet session. However when I try to telnet from the
> exchange server to the verzion server, it does not connect. However
> Verizon
> claims it is not on their end.
>
> Help!
>
>
> "Steven van Houttum" wrote:
>
>> Hi Wayne,
>>
>> Your mailserver could be blocked by the remote server.
>> You could try to telnet (port 25) from your exchange server to the remote
>> server and watch the output.
>>
>> Regards, Steven
>>
>> "Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A78537C2-DB76-4C4B-9BB0-0CE5D2FC0E99@microsoft.com...
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > I have having difficulty sending to one domain. The SMTP queue says
>> > "Connection dropped by remote host". I do have a ptr record setup
>> > according
>> > to dnsreport.com
>> >
>> > I was able to send to this domain (Verizon.net) until January. They
>> > claim
>> > it is not on their end. I have 1 Exchange 2000 server behind a ISA
>> > 2000
>> > box.
>> > I have enabled SMTP logging, but do not see the IP for
>> > relay.verizon.net
>> > in
>> > the logs.
>> >
>> > I have not sniffed the traffic as of yet.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>

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