RE: Big problems with SBS 2003 Email & Internet Connection Wizard

From: Michael (Michael_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/04/04 

Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 08:13:01 -0800

Thats the trouble, was just about completely done with the setups and hate to
start from scratch again.

"Andreas Warberg" wrote:

> In some situations one is just better off formatting and reinstalling from
> scratch.
> Unless of course you have to spend more time recreating the state of the
> previous install than you predict it might take solving the issue.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Best regards
> Andreas
>
> "Michael" wrote:
>
> > I posted this problem earlier (details below) and have new info to add. I
> > tried reinstalling (server maintenance), exchange, networking and IIS. I
> > reapplied SP1 & the update. I still receive the same error as indicated below
> > and now have a new problem to go with it. The system takes forever to shut
> > down on a restart.
> >
> > I deleted the icwlog.txt file and reran the wizard then I found the
> > following two lines:
> > error 0x8007203a returned from call to Enabling wireless admin for oma ()
> > error 0x8007203a returned from call to CEMailCommit::Commit()
> >
> > researching the error number on MS yeilded nothing relating to the problem I
> > am having. Presently I am about two seconds from formatting and starting
> > over. Hopefully someone can give some insight on this problem. Following is
> > the previous post:
> >
> > I am working with a brand new SBS 2003 Server in a test environment. All was
> > going well with the exception of receiving email. After researching and
> > discovering the Service Patch 1, I installed it and now I am receiving an
> > error when running the "Configure Email & Internet Connection Wizard": An
> > error occurred while configuring a componet. To continue and configure
> > remaining components, click ok. To cancel the wizared, click cancel. The
> > error occurs during the Email Configuration portion of the wizard and there
> > are no entries in the event logs. I have found this same problem on this site
> > in two other posts, but it was never addressed.
> >
> > The server is running a single nic with a router on a DSL connection. My ISP
> > has the correct records in DNS for both my domain name and MX. The server is
> > staticly addressed and all incoming network traffic is diverted to it. (DMZ).
> > I have tried unchecking all of the email related options in the wizard, but
> > still get the same error. I am still able to access the Remote Outlook Access
> > via a remote workstation, but havent tried accessing with a local as I know
> > there is something wrong because of the error. My server is set to use it's
> > self as primary DNS server and outside DNS requests are being forwarded to my
> > ISPs DNS servers. That all seems to function fine. Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated as I am at a loss on this one.
> >
> > Any clues on why I am not receiving incoming email would be great also.
> > Sends fine, but does not receive regardless of using local connection or
> > remote and exchange shows no mail waiting to be picked up at all. I think
> > that problem has to do with dns.
> >
> >

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