Re: outgoing mails causing bottleneck in smtp que

May I jump in here as I have the same problem, it takes Hours to get mail
out of my server. What bothers me is that the junk doesn't seem to have a
problem. It is the real mail that gets hung up. I have been watching the
queues all morning and nothing has left my server for over two hours now.
While I receive crap almost by the minute.

The reason that shows in all my Queues is:

"The remote server did not respond to the connection attempt"

If I use nslookup I get a response for the domain and besides these all have
worked before. So how do I figure this out and fix. The Boss has come to
expect his emails to be send out.

(although on a side note to nslookup I can never get a response for an LS
command? I always get Non-existent domain.

like "domainname.com" responses with 255.255.255.255. But, "ls -t MX
domainname.com" responses as non-existent??????)


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Thanks for your Time.
Remove the kNOT to reply.
But it is best to share it with the group.

"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" <jcoliverjr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eTHq3cF%23FHA.1484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If you go to the VS Queue and open a message what is reason it states for
> not connecting? For example, Remote connection dropped by host, etc.
>
> --
> John Oliver, Jr.
> MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP
> Microsoft Certified Partner
>
> "sphilip" <sphilip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:FAB883BB-FCF7-49AE-BEEC-BE453B1072B5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > we have exchange server 2000 with all latest updates & service packs.
> >
> > we have a problem with outgoing mails, all mails outgoing through our
> > exchange server gets blocked in the smtp queue.
> >
> > but all incoming mails are delivered quickly.
> >
> > with our LAN all is well, incoming & outgoing, both.
> >
> > when we send mail outside to the internet, we have a huge queue. now,
the
> > mails do go through after 4-5 hours.
> >
> > also i checked with our ISP providers & our leased line & also our DNS
is
> > working perfectly fine.
> >
> > what must i do to resolve this
>
>


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