I have recently installed SBS2003 on a Dell PowerEdge server.
I cannot ping my server or connect to Exchange with Outlook, however, I
can log in to Exchange/OWA via a web browser using the server's static
IP or DNS name.
Pretty much all routers refuse to return pings by default, as Cliff
said. I can't really see the point if you're going to open well-known
ports, but that's where to look first. You're probably only checking as
far as the router anyway, as few routers will forward ICMP to internal
machines.
If you have OWA working, you can use Outlook over https. Details are on
the Microsoft website and on the server's RWW page. The native
Outlook-Exchange protocol, MAPI, doesn't go over the Internet directly.
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Re: Outlook dropping connection to Exchange 2003 ... If it's just Outlook, then I suggest you post your problem in an Outlook newsgroup. ... MVP - Exchange...connection to exchange is lost from time to time for a few hours. ... And it is NOT a newtwork problem, coz I can ping the exchange, I can use Office Communicator, sql apps are ok, sharepoint is ok everything else is ok, but not the outlook. ... (microsoft.public.exchange.clients)
Re: Mail not being relayed ... Using Exchange 2003 SP2 and Outlook 2003. ... I can ping the UK mail server from my pc, but not from the email server ... I can't ping anything in the UK ... Doesn't sound like anything Exchange related.... (microsoft.public.exchange.admin)
Re: exchange rpc over http problems ... had ports open on my routers... and i was using outlook 2007 on the clients and outlook 2007 on ...exchange 2007 in the future, but for now ill use older outlook ... (microsoft.public.exchange.admin)
Re: New users in AD do not show in GAL on some Outlook Clients? ... OAB Generate in Exchange Server Side. ...outlook clients do not access GAL, it queries OAB that download from ...Microsoft Exchange System Attendant Service.... This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. ... (microsoft.public.exchange2000.admin)
