Exchange 2007 and 2003

I have just installed Exchange 2007 enterprises into an existing Exchange
2003 Standard environment. The 2007 server has integrated in the mail system
and has taken over the mail traffic for the network. It is sending SMTP
traffic out of the organization without problems or errors.

Here is the problem:
I have moved a single mailbox to the 2007 server. The user can login and
receive mail but cannot send. The mail just sits in the Outbox. No errors are
created on the workstation or the server.

Any help or ideas?

MattHamilton
Thu Jul 17 13:04:10 CDT 2008

UPDATE:

I moved the mailbox back to 2003 server and everything works again.

I created a new user and mailbox on 2007 server. Logged in and can receive
mail but cannot send. Mail does leave outbox but does not show up anywhere
and no errors.

Ed
Thu Jul 17 16:00:40 CDT 2008

Have you checked the queues?

Do you have a send connector configured to send outbound Internet mail, or
do you show a send connector between the Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2003
administrative groups that would route outbound mail that direction?
--
Ed Crowley MVP
"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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"Matt Hamilton" <MattHamilton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02EDC602-F2C0-49F4-A53A-7562611068B6@microsoft.com...
> UPDATE:
>
> I moved the mailbox back to 2003 server and everything works again.
>
> I created a new user and mailbox on 2007 server. Logged in and can receive
> mail but cannot send. Mail does leave outbox but does not show up anywhere
> and no errors.
>

MattHamilton
Thu Jul 17 16:39:01 CDT 2008

I do have a send connector for outbound traffic that is working.

I have checked the queues and no mail from that sender has been received.

I do have a connector on 2003 between that goes between 2003 and 2007.

Ed
Fri Jul 18 07:12:31 CDT 2008

Are there any messages in the event log with the word or phrase
"backpressure" in them? I've seen the symptoms you describe when the
Exchange server is short on resources.
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Ed Crowley MVP
"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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"Matt Hamilton" <MattHamilton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B25DD70-B12C-47E4-9FA5-AAE831F7CC21@microsoft.com...
>I do have a send connector for outbound traffic that is working.
>
> I have checked the queues and no mail from that sender has been received.
>
> I do have a connector on 2003 between that goes between 2003 and 2007.
>

MattHamilton
Fri Jul 18 09:18:25 CDT 2008

There is no reference to "backpressure" in the event logs. The events is that
exchange is finding my AD servers.

Ed
Fri Jul 18 21:10:39 CDT 2008

Please explain. Better, post the event log detail messages by using the
copy-to-clipboard button.
--
Ed Crowley MVP
"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
.

"Matt Hamilton" <MattHamilton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17F9CE14-E3FF-4990-B9C5-BFBBC0156BEC@microsoft.com...
> There is no reference to "backpressure" in the event logs. The events is
> that
> exchange is finding my AD servers.

MattHamilton
Mon Jul 21 09:16:01 CDT 2008

The issue was resolved by deleting the database and recreating.

I believe the database was created either corrupt or with errors due to the
fact that the domprep and other switches were run after the initial install.

We preformed the integrity and verification utilities on the database with
no errors.

After we deleted and recreated the database everything is running fine.