SMTP virtual server issue

I have a win2k server that hosts several web sites.
On those sites, we have the usual "contact us" tab. it is
setup to forward us a canned e-mail with the info that the
person enters.
here is the deal. these emails are going to the
\mailroot\badmail or queue directory. they never leave
the server...
So, any Ideas? I tried all the settings allowable in
SMTP. Yes, it is behind a firewall...

thanks! Tony B

Keith
Fri Feb 20 12:14:27 CST 2004

Is the domain to which the mail is being sent listed in the domains list?
And is the SMTP server reporting any DNS errors?

If you look in the event log, you'll sometimes see an error to the effect of
"cannot create drop for *" or something like that. That is indicative of a
SMTP server that hasn't been configured to send to a given domain.

"tony b" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13ef201c3f7db$e4dd6940$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a win2k server that hosts several web sites.
> On those sites, we have the usual "contact us" tab. it is
> setup to forward us a canned e-mail with the info that the
> person enters.
> here is the deal. these emails are going to the
> \mailroot\badmail or queue directory. they never leave
> the server...
> So, any Ideas? I tried all the settings allowable in
> SMTP. Yes, it is behind a firewall...
>
> thanks! Tony B

jcochran
Fri Feb 20 12:46:57 CST 2004

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:03:50 -0800, "tony b"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a win2k server that hosts several web sites.
>On those sites, we have the usual "contact us" tab. it is
>setup to forward us a canned e-mail with the info that the
>person enters.
>here is the deal. these emails are going to the
>\mailroot\badmail or queue directory. they never leave
>the server...
>So, any Ideas? I tried all the settings allowable in
>SMTP. Yes, it is behind a firewall...

Take a look at:

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2268

Jeff

anonymous
Fri Feb 20 13:45:00 CST 2004

thanks, i tried the suggestions but still no go...
I get a status:5.0.0
the email ends up the the badmail dir...

>-----Original Message-----
>Is the domain to which the mail is being sent listed in
the domains list?
>And is the SMTP server reporting any DNS errors?
>
>If you look in the event log, you'll sometimes see an
error to the effect of
>"cannot create drop for *" or something like that. That
is indicative of a
>SMTP server that hasn't been configured to send to a
given domain.
>
>"tony b" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:13ef201c3f7db$e4dd6940$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have a win2k server that hosts several web sites.
>> On those sites, we have the usual "contact us" tab. it
is
>> setup to forward us a canned e-mail with the info that
the
>> person enters.
>> here is the deal. these emails are going to the
>> \mailroot\badmail or queue directory. they never leave
>> the server...
>> So, any Ideas? I tried all the settings allowable in
>> SMTP. Yes, it is behind a firewall...
>>
>> thanks! Tony B
>
>
>.
>

Keith
Fri Feb 20 14:48:37 CST 2004

Still a no go after what? You've checked DNS, the domains config, the event
log for bad drop entries? Which, or all three?

And you've been through the list that Jeff sent?

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13d5301c3f7ea$0689d4d0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> thanks, i tried the suggestions but still no go...
> I get a status:5.0.0
> the email ends up the the badmail dir...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Is the domain to which the mail is being sent listed in
> the domains list?
> >And is the SMTP server reporting any DNS errors?
> >
> >If you look in the event log, you'll sometimes see an
> error to the effect of
> >"cannot create drop for *" or something like that. That
> is indicative of a
> >SMTP server that hasn't been configured to send to a
> given domain.
> >
> >"tony b" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:13ef201c3f7db$e4dd6940$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I have a win2k server that hosts several web sites.
> >> On those sites, we have the usual "contact us" tab. it
> is
> >> setup to forward us a canned e-mail with the info that
> the
> >> person enters.
> >> here is the deal. these emails are going to the
> >> \mailroot\badmail or queue directory. they never leave
> >> the server...
> >> So, any Ideas? I tried all the settings allowable in
> >> SMTP. Yes, it is behind a firewall...
> >>
> >> thanks! Tony B
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Sparky
Fri Feb 20 15:38:22 CST 2004


"tony b" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13ef201c3f7db$e4dd6940$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a win2k server that hosts several web sites.
> On those sites, we have the usual "contact us" tab. it is
> setup to forward us a canned e-mail with the info that the
> person enters.
> here is the deal. these emails are going to the
> \mailroot\badmail or queue directory. they never leave
> the server...
> So, any Ideas? I tried all the settings allowable in
> SMTP. Yes, it is behind a firewall...
>
> thanks! Tony B

Do the FP extensions specify the server for each virtual web? (use
"localhost" for best results.)

Does the server reside behind NAT? If so, can you browse the internet with
it? Can you "ping" any mail server?

Check the log, if it's not in verbose mode go in and check all the boxes in
the logging preferences, you might find that critical error message you
need.

[Though, as a wild guess, it sounds like your DNS on that server is yacked
up so the SMTP server cannot find any other server on the internet.]

anonymous
Fri Feb 20 15:49:19 CST 2004

I am getting this message on returned emails

Server received Winsock error Connection timed out.

I can't find any thing about this...Ideas?


>-----Original Message-----
>Is the domain to which the mail is being sent listed in
the domains list?
>And is the SMTP server reporting any DNS errors?
>
>If you look in the event log, you'll sometimes see an
error to the effect of
>"cannot create drop for *" or something like that. That
is indicative of a
>SMTP server that hasn't been configured to send to a
given domain.
>
>"tony b" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:13ef201c3f7db$e4dd6940$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have a win2k server that hosts several web sites.
>> On those sites, we have the usual "contact us" tab. it
is
>> setup to forward us a canned e-mail with the info that
the
>> person enters.
>> here is the deal. these emails are going to the
>> \mailroot\badmail or queue directory. they never leave
>> the server...
>> So, any Ideas? I tried all the settings allowable in
>> SMTP. Yes, it is behind a firewall...
>>
>> thanks! Tony B
>
>
>.
>

Dave
Fri Feb 20 16:02:01 CST 2004

winsock... could be a proxy problem... what proxy server are you using?
MS Proxy by chance?

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

> I am getting this message on returned emails
>
> Server received Winsock error Connection timed out.
>
> I can't find any thing about this...Ideas?
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Is the domain to which the mail is being sent listed in
>
> the domains list?
>
>>And is the SMTP server reporting any DNS errors?
>>
>>If you look in the event log, you'll sometimes see an
>
> error to the effect of
>
>>"cannot create drop for *" or something like that. That
>
> is indicative of a
>
>>SMTP server that hasn't been configured to send to a
>
> given domain.
>
>>"tony b" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>
> message
>
>>news:13ef201c3f7db$e4dd6940$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>I have a win2k server that hosts several web sites.
>>>On those sites, we have the usual "contact us" tab. it
>
> is
>
>>>setup to forward us a canned e-mail with the info that
>
> the
>
>>>person enters.
>>>here is the deal. these emails are going to the
>>>\mailroot\badmail or queue directory. they never leave
>>>the server...
>>>So, any Ideas? I tried all the settings allowable in
>>>SMTP. Yes, it is behind a firewall...
>>>
>>>thanks! Tony B
>>
>>
>>.
>>