Re: Sending mail from personal mail server

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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 16:49:03 -0800

Just to touch base and let everyone know.....i took your advice and began
searching through my smtp logs and found the reason why certain emails could
not be sent outside my domain. it appears the reason is because i have not
registered my domain name yet. for all the emails i attempted to send that
were not able to be delivered the error code stated something to the effect
that the sending domain did not exist. i guess as a spam guard or some other
sort of protection certain servers check DNS entries to validate where the
mail is coming from and if the domain isnt listed then they reject.....but
politely cause the error message said "no thank you, rejected. domain does
not exist"....lol....thank you all for your time and effort

"ClaySPowell" wrote:

> Thank you for the input guys I appreciate the help. My ISP doesnt have port
> 25 blocked, I havent actually checked into it but there are a lot of
> addresses that i can send mail to outside my domain so I am assuming that
> eans that port 25 is open. I do have a dynamic IP so the thought on other
> servers thinking I am a spam server would kind of make sense. I have gone
> over all my router configurations and even though my actual network is on a
> dynamic IP I have all the computers on my network setup with static IP
> addresses and I have the DMZ Host setting enabled and pointed toward my
> server's address. I tried reloading the whole thing from scratch and
> reinstalled everything and began anew but I am back where i started. i can
> send and receive mail throughout my domain perfectly....i can send email to
> some addresses outside of my domain but there are some that i cannot. and of
> course since i do not have a registered name yet i cannot receive any from
> outside my domain. there could be some setting i am missing but im not quite
> sure. perhaps when i finally register my domain my problems will be easier
> to resolve. i thank you both for your time and effort.
>
> "Kristofer Gafvert" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > The reason why you cannot send to some email addresses, is probably because
> > the receiving SMTP server has some kind of protection agains SPAM, and
> > classifies your SMTP server as a server sending out SPAM. This happens if
> > your email server is not properly configured as an email server (and in your
> > case, you at least do not have the domain name properly configured).
> >
> > Sometimes, the logs can tell you why you cannot send to the remote SMTP
> > server. Please check the SMTP log files, and the Event Log.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Kristofer Gafvert
> > http://www.ilopia.com
> >
> >
> > "ClaySPowell" <ClaySPowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E4785EAC-08F9-4446-A0C1-71FE5BA34B86@microsoft.com...
> > >I have recently set up an older computer with windows server 2003. i have
> > > installed dns, iis 6, and promoted to domain controller. i can send and
> > > receive emails to anyone on my local network. i can send emails to
> > > certain
> > > external addresses but i cannot for others. i also cannot receive emails
> > > from any outside addresses. i currently do not have a registered domain
> > > name
> > > so i am assuming that is why i cannot receive any emails from external
> > > address, but i have not been able to figure out why there are certain
> > > external addresses i can send to but others i cannot. any help would be
> > > greatly appreciated. i have my mail server sending mail itself and is not
> > > using a smart host, i have tried configuring to use a smart host either
> > > have
> > > received the same results or was unable to send mail at all. thank you in
> > > advance for your time and effort.
> >
> >
> >

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