Re: SMTP Problems - Port 25

From: Les Connor [SBS Community Member] (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:38:23 -0600

for starters, the telnet command you are using isn't right.

telnet <ip_or_FQDN> 25

ie a space between the fqdn and the port. As you can see, your telnet
command defaulted to port 23. 

-- 
Les Connor [SBS Community Member]
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SBS Rocks !
"E Bell" <EBell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:F104FADB-1F68-4588-91EC-C5E490BCE918@microsoft.com...
> We have been running SBS2003 (Premium) for a couple of months now. We are
> using POP3 Connector and Small Business SMTP Connector. The SMTP Connector
> was working fine when I left the office Friday. I come in today and notice
> that emails are not getting sent, they are being held in the QUEUE. I made
> sure the settings were still correct (we are using a smart host).
>
> I tried 'telnet'ing to a couple of mail servers and get the following 
> error:
>
> Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connection failed.
>
> This is what I typed:
>
> telnet mail.<doesn't matter what domain/ip is used>.com:25
>
> We are using a Linksys WRV54G router. I tried rerunning the Connect to
> Internet Wizard.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. TIA
>
> E Bell

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