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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:31:06 -0700

Yes Peter you are right IIS is a product I have never used before therfore I
am completley lost but the other questions you asked I can help with

The server runs a permenant online connection through a ISDN channel 64K. (A
bit like broadband only much slower and more expensive, but gives a permant
connection)

>From my knowledge of the system and having a good look around there does not
appear to be any Firewall other than access rights in IIS installed on the
server.

I have full rights to configure the server as I am the administrator,
strange I know with my bad understanding of IIS, but I do come from a Novell
background.

The email server is suppose to be collecting emails internally and
externally, I think you have come across my main problem here and that is
"has your
firewall been configured to pass the correct ports"
I feel from numerous test that this is my problem port 25 - 110 are not
allowed through and we come back around to my intiall question only slightly
reworded, how do I allow my email server access to ports 25 and 110 through
IIS or is IIS not my problem and there is a firewall installed!!

Just as a subnote VPOP3 is installed on the server with the Internet and IIS
(a), this connects directly through the dial up with no issues in collecting
or sending emails, this is also the same connection used internet access
which server (b) can access

I hope this gives you a bit of a better insight into my problem.

Matt Powell

"Peter D. Hipson" wrote:

> This is a bit more complex than just saying do this, then that... I
> sense you are 'in over your head' (it happens, to everyone, at one
> point or another) and are facing a problem that is beyond your
> experience (which you admit, good!)
>
> How is the server that is connected 'full time' to the internet
> connected?
>
> Do you have a firewall (other than Internet Connection) in your
> router?
>
> Are you allowed to configure the system?
>
> Server A, the IIS/Internet COnnection machine. Server B, the mail
> server... Is it receiving email from the Internet, or only the
> internal network? If it is receiving email from the Internet, has your
> firewall been configured to pass the correct ports, and forward them
> to the correct server? Ditto for Server A's Internet Connection.
>
> Internal email only? If so, and there is no Internet connection for
> the email, I'd suspect a number of things such as SMTP configuration,
> DNS issues, etc.
>
> There are way too many answers for your 'question' than are practical
> to answer. Tell us how the network is layed out. Where the emails come
> from, and are going to. What your site's DNS records are.
>
> I suspect firewall issues, but that is a WAG at best.
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 05:19:02 -0700, "Matt"
> <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Having a little trouble due to my low knowledge of IIS.
> >
> >VPOP3 installed on a Windows 2000 Server.
> >Antoher server holding IIS and the internet connection
> >VPOP3 will not send or receive emails, also you cannot ping anywhere outside
> >the company so I presume IIS is blocking it.
> >Simple question, how do I allow this server to have access so it can send
> >and recieve emails??
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
>
> PeterD, the Darkstar Network
> To email, fix my address!
> ExpertZone!
>

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