POP3 incoming mail not working

Please help.

I had a nightmareish fortnight - spyware etc (say no more). The bottom line
is I had to reinstall just about everything on our network. There are still a
few things that need sorting but my main problem is as follows:

POP3 accounts do not download on the exchange server
The event log goes
1027 - so I can log into the ISP
1029 - so the user name/password bounces

(this happenes to all my various ISP accounts so it is not an ISP problem.

If I telnet I can log in OK, and if I pop3 into the ISP from a workstation I
can download OK and the email goes into the mailbox also there is still an
error coming up (Task 'Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error
(0x8004010F): 'The operation failed. An object could not be found'. I am sure
this is a different issue and I rather sort out one thing at a time but any
ideas are appreciated.

It almost seems as if the username/password is getting scrambled. I checked
for malware - I saw that in one of the discussions in this newsgroup - but
that looked clean.

Of course I could always carry on using the workstation but it feels a bit
like pushing your car around town because you run out of fuel and the engine
would not start.

The registry entries for the POP3 look alright but then I am not sure if
that is the right place to start looking anyway.

Lanwench
Tue Aug 15 18:55:24 CDT 2006

In news:3976D463-B9F3-497C-8099-314ED904BC17@microsoft.com,
Richard S (bridgetown) <Richard S (bridgetown)@discussions.microsoft.com>
typed:
> Please help.
>
> I had a nightmareish fortnight - spyware etc (say no more). The
> bottom line is I had to reinstall just about everything on our
> network. There are still a few things that need sorting but my main
> problem is as follows:
>
> POP3 accounts do not download on the exchange server
> The event log goes
> 1027 - so I can log into the ISP
> 1029 - so the user name/password bounces
>
> (this happenes to all my various ISP accounts so it is not an ISP
> problem.
>
> If I telnet I can log in OK, and if I pop3 into the ISP from a
> workstation I can download OK and the email goes into the mailbox
> also there is still an error coming up (Task 'Microsoft Exchange
> Server' reported error (0x8004010F): 'The operation failed. An object
> could not be found'. I am sure this is a different issue and I rather
> sort out one thing at a time but any ideas are appreciated.
>
> It almost seems as if the username/password is getting scrambled. I
> checked for malware - I saw that in one of the discussions in this
> newsgroup - but that looked clean.
>
> Of course I could always carry on using the workstation but it feels
> a bit like pushing your car around town because you run out of fuel
> and the engine would not start.
>
> The registry entries for the POP3 look alright but then I am not sure
> if that is the right place to start looking anyway

Hi - Exchange doesn't have a POP connector, which is what it sounds like you
want. Are you using SBS?

The POP3 service you're looking at would have to do with users connecting to
*your* server to download mail from it via POP3.

If you're using SBS with its POP connector, try posting in an SBS group - if
it's a third party POP connector, check their documentation.

Re the 0x8004010F errors - where and when are you seeing this exactly?

I don't recommend POP connectors, btw. Nor do most Exchange people.

RichardSbridgetown
Wed Aug 16 03:44:02 CDT 2006

Thanks for your reply,

Sorry I should have been more specific; yes we use SBS, hence the POP3
connector is included in the Exchange. I appreciate the advise not to use it
(I can see why) but unfortunately I do not have a static IP and also I am
collecting from different ISP's (a 'safety net' I would like to keep - if one
ISP has got a problem I can at least send and to some extend receive
important stuff from another).

The point is that it worked fine before.

The 0x8004010F error is a different issue - what happened was, I tried to
create a new SMTP connector to see if there is a correlation - I know silly
me, but sometimes 'pulling your little toe can pop your shoulder back in the
socket'.
I have removed the second connector and the error does not appear anymore.

As I pointed out it seems as if my systems sends the password encrypted or
even not sent (no I have not selected SPA - I know neither of my ISP's
support it - I tried it just to be sure but there is no difference)


Is there actually a way of finding out what gets sent?


Kind Regards
Richard

Lanwench
Wed Aug 16 07:57:40 CDT 2006

In news:3B837CC0-46EB-40B7-9BC5-C1918CC46221@microsoft.com,
Richard S (bridgetown) <RichardSbridgetown@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Thanks for your reply,
>
> Sorry I should have been more specific; yes we use SBS, hence the POP3
> connector is included in the Exchange. I appreciate the advise not to
> use it (I can see why) but unfortunately I do not have a static IP
> and also I am collecting from different ISP's (a 'safety net' I would
> like to keep - if one ISP has got a problem I can at least send and
> to some extend receive important stuff from another).
>
> The point is that it worked fine before.
>
> The 0x8004010F error is a different issue - what happened was, I
> tried to create a new SMTP connector to see if there is a correlation
> - I know silly me, but sometimes 'pulling your little toe can pop
> your shoulder back in the socket'.
> I have removed the second connector and the error does not appear
> anymore.
>
> As I pointed out it seems as if my systems sends the password
> encrypted or even not sent (no I have not selected SPA - I know
> neither of my ISP's support it - I tried it just to be sure but there
> is no difference)
>
>
> Is there actually a way of finding out what gets sent?
>
>
> Kind Regards
> Richard

Try the SBS group, as I recommended. I haven't got a clue about the POP
connector.

Re static IP - that's no big deal. See www.dyndns.com or similar.
Re 20 different ISPs - that sounds messy. Register an Internet domain name
and host your own mail - you can still have someone else acting as backup
(store & forward) so mail won't get lost if your server crashes for some
reason. However, you should do your best to ensure that you have good
redundant hardware and a reliable Internet connection so this isn't a
constant issue!

RichardSbridgetown
Wed Aug 16 08:42:01 CDT 2006

Thank's for your reply.


As it so happens we have a domain name and i us no-ip to get VPN connection,
but I thought for SMTP I need a static IP from my ISP.

Please can you enlighten me as to setting up a full SMTP without static IP?

(incidentely I only use two, not 20 ISP's and this is a bit of a historic
reason - thinking about it there is no desperate reason for keeping the
second one, since I always have one or two hotmail accounts for the 'just in
case' scenario.

Security is obviously an issue, so your advise would be gratefully
appreciated.

Kind Regards
Richard

Lanwench
Wed Aug 16 08:58:06 CDT 2006

In news:A303A9F3-04FE-4A50-BAA3-3E9339F36F46@microsoft.com,
Richard S (bridgetown) <RichardSbridgetown@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Thank's for your reply.
>
>
> As it so happens we have a domain name and i us no-ip to get VPN
> connection, but I thought for SMTP I need a static IP from my ISP.

Nope. But since you have a dynamic IP you'll want to send Internet mail out
via a smarthost, not directly.

>
> Please can you enlighten me as to setting up a full SMTP without
> static IP?

Set up your domain's primary MX record to point at your no-ip FQDN. You can
use the same A record for both your domains.

[Oh, and you should probably also look into a seconary (higher-cost) MX
record for backup. I use Dyndns.com and their MailHop BackupMX - which costs
a pittance and is worth it. They queue up the mail and automatically try
redelivery for X days. No-ip.com may have as similar service.]

See http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html for info on how this
works, but you'll need to re-run the CEICW in SBS to configure your server
itself.

>
> (incidentely I only use two, not 20 ISP's

Ah, whew.

> and this is a bit of a
> historic reason - thinking about it there is no desperate reason for
> keeping the second one, since I always have one or two hotmail
> accounts for the 'just in case' scenario.
>
> Security is obviously an issue, so your advise would be gratefully
> appreciated.

Well, when you use POP your credentials are being sent in clear text, so
that is actually *less* secure. If you don't want to expose your Exchange
server to the Internet at all, you could get another server
(postfix/sendmail/whatever) and stick it in a DMZ, have it get the mail and
relay it on to Exchange. But I probably wouldn't bother with this in a small
network....opening up port 25 inbound to your SBS box is not a real threat.

For more, post in the SBS group I mentioned. SBS does a lot of things its
own way, and you will get far more expert help in there.


>
> Kind Regards
> Richard