Re: SMTP and SBS 2003

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From: David Snell (DavidSnell_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:47:01 -0800

Hi Kevin,

The MX record change happened early Friday morning.

If it is simply a propagation issue, why can I receive an email from a
message that I've sent and that the recipient "replys" to?

It's also weird that I CAN get email that is sent from any AOL account. Any
other ideas?

"Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

> when did you have the MX record changed? it can sometimes take 1-3 days for
> such changes to propogate around the world.
>
> --
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
> "David Snell" <David Snell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E2080786-F8B6-430A-AF7B-CB6E3CBF7E93@microsoft.com...
> > We are just setting up our SBS server to handle our external email. Our
> > internal exchange mail is working fine and has been for over a year.
> >
> > On our test machine, we can send email to anyone but we can't receive any
> > external mail except from AOL (wierd). EXCEPT - If I send an email to
> > someone
> > and they REPLY to it, I will receive that reply. I am totally confused
> >
> > We were previously using pop3 mail with our web hosting company.
> >
> > We had them change the MX records for us and left their mail server as a
> > backup mail host in case the primary mx record fails.
> >
> > I have re-run the CIECW which has not helped and checked everything I know
> > to check. Any thoughts and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> > Thank You!
>
>
>

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