Re: Connect 2 Exchange 2000 Servers

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mattsberry_at_hotmail.com
Date: 02/15/05


Date: 15 Feb 2005 03:31:20 -0800

Hi,

I have this exact same problem and I can ping and telnet and connect to
both ends. Yet the emails just get stuck in the remote queue and don't
get delivered.

Any advise on what to look for would be appreciated.

Thanks
Matt Berry

Leif Pedersen [MVP] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You don't need a SMTP connector (and you don't need a MX record in
your
> internal DNS).
>
> If both exchange servers are located in the same routing group they
should
> just deliver emails between them.
>
> Can you telnet one exchange server on port 25 from the other (and
vice
> versa).
>
> Can you perform name resolution from both (ping FQDN of other
server)?
>
> Leif
>
> "JK" <johnkampas@gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:f943baa7.0409101404.7642501e@posting.google.com...
> > messages from thread
> > Message 1 in thread
> > From: JK (johnkampas@gmail.com)
> > Subject: Connect 2 Exchange 2000 Servers
> >
> >
> > View this article only
> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.exchange2000.connectivity
> > Date: 2004-09-07 21:31:35 PST
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> > I have 2 Exchange 2000 Servers with the same DNS name space. In
other
> > words, both domains handle mail for test.com. One of the exchange
> > 2000 servers is in domain test.com and the other is in
> > sample.test.com. Sample.test.com is a child domain of test.com. I
am
> > having issues connecting the two exchange servers together. I see
> > both of the servers in Exchange Server Manager but am unable to
send
> > mail to users in the sample.test.com domain. I added a DNS MX
record
> > to the internal DNS for sample.test.com. I have been reading the
> > posts and noticed some people have posted that a SMTP connector
must
> > be used to connect the two exchange servers. If this is correct,
what
> > should the configuration of the SMTP connector be? What am I
missing
> > here?
> > Thanks,
> > -JK
> > Post a follow-up to this message
> >
> > Message 2 in thread
> > From: Robert Lampkin [MSFT] (rlampkin@online.microsoft.com)
> > Subject: RE: Connect 2 Exchange 2000 Servers
> >
> >
> > View this article only
> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.exchange2000.connectivity
> > Date: 2004-09-08 10:58:05 PST
> >
> >
> > What are the symptoms?
> > Do you receive an NDR? Please provide the description in the NDR
if
> > feasible.
> > Where do the messages go? Do they sit in the queue for the remote
server?
> > Post a follow-up to this message
> >
> > Message 3 in thread
> > From: JK (johnkampas@gmail.com)
> > Subject: Re: Connect 2 Exchange 2000 Servers
> >
> >
> > View this article only
> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.exchange2000.connectivity
> > Date: 2004-09-09 03:50:36 PST
> >
> >
> > I do not receive any NDR's. On the source server I see
> > sample.test.com (remote delivery) in the queue and all the messages
> > sit in there. When I try to force the connection, they messages
still
> > remain. I have tested SMTP on the remote server to test
connectivity
> > and it works fine.
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > rlampkin@online.microsoft.com (Robert Lampkin [MSFT]) wrote in
message
> news:<edCiB0clEHA.3260@cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl>...
> > > What are the symptoms?
> > > Do you receive an NDR? Please provide the description in the NDR
if
> > > feasible.
> > > Where do the messages go? Do they sit in the queue for the
remote
> server?
> > Post a follow-up to this message



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