Re: OUBOUND MESSAGES STUCK IN SMTP QUEUES

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From: James Webster [MSFT] (jamesweb_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/22/04

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"Andrea" <andrea_cova_1970@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:454d01c47fbe$64102530$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Here I am again...
>
> Looking around I've found out that all the SMTP queues
> report the same message:
> "The connection was dropped by the remote host."
>
> What does this mean?
> Has anyone some good suggestion?
>
> Please help me....
>
> Thanks,
> Andrea
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello,
> >
> >here is my problem: form a few days my Exchange Server
> >can't send oubound messages (while it receives without
> any
> >problem).
> >
> >It seems to be a DNS problem, since all messages appears
> >in SMTP queues, but none of them goes out of my Server.
> >They are tried to be sent for one day, and then the
> server
> >generates the NDR.
> >But all the machines on my LAN (using the same DNS used
> by
> >Exchange Server) resolve names and browse in Internet.
> >So DNS seems to be OK.
> >
> >All Exchange services are running, and reboot of both the
> >Exchange Server and ISA Server didn't change anything.
> >
> >To test SMTP connection on port 25, I 've tried to telnet
> >to an external SMTP Server and I succeeded to send a
> >message, so it doesn't seem an ISA Server problem.
> >
> >I've also tried to stop the 'Symantec Mail Security for
> >Microsoft Exchange' service, with no result.
> >
> >Please help me. I don't know what else to try.
> >
> >The Exchange Server is version 2000 SP3 and it is
> >installed on Win2000 Server SP4. This machine has a
> >private IP and access to the Internet through an ISA
> Server
> >(SP2) installed on another Win2000 Server SP4.
> >Both machines (as all other PC) have Symantec Norton
> >AntiVirus installed and updated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Andrea
> >.
> >
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