Merv
Thu Jun 07 19:19:38 CDT 2007
A couple of more things to look at...
The POP3 Connector May Stop Delivering Mail
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;324236
Exchange POP3 connector does not deliver
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000/browse_thread/thread/9dca5587ef9eef1f/5003f0ccf66e1d5e?lnk=st&q=sbs+2000+pop+connector+does+not+deliver+mail+global&rnum=1&hl=en#5003f0ccf66e1d5e
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"Andy Desborough" <AndyDesborough@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:1E06FED8-6C7F-4AEA-97F9-B8E3B099A634@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Merv.
>
> I've since found that after a reboot the POP connector collects mail once,
> then the service gets stuck in the 'stopping' state and can't be changed.
> I
> installed POPcon which now collects the mail (and leaves a copy on the POP
> box) and I can see it sending the mail onto the users addresses but it's
> still not turning up.
>
> There is nothing obvious on the event logs that I can see and the AV isn't
> quarantining the mail. I checked the 3 folders as suggested but there's
> only
> stuff in the badmail which is last dated 02/07.
>
> I added the domain into the default policy list, and will see what happens
> tomorrow as I can't get into the users mailboxes to check although the
> amount
> of items in a users mailbox store mailbox goes up by 3(?) when I send the
> 1
> email.
>
> Any other suggestions in the meantime?
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
>
>
>
> "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Ant help here Andy?
>>
>> The POP3 Connector May Not Deliver Mail to Users
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325464
>>
>> Any errors in the Event Logs?
>>
>> Have you re-run ICW?
>>
>> Have you checked the Badmail, Pickup and Queue folders at:
>> C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1
>>
>> Is the antivirus software on the server flagging and then deleting (or
>> quarantining) the POP3 mail?
>>
>> --
>> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
>> ============================
>>
>> "Andy Desborough" <AndyDesborough@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:F9F2AB8D-4BDD-43C6-93E3-359357161742@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have a customer whose POP3 connector is picking up the email from a
>> > global
>> > POP3 mailbox, collects the messages but none of it is being delivered
>> > to
>> > the
>> > users' mailboxes. It has been working fine for years up until this
>> > morning. I
>> > have upped the logging to max and it appears to collect the messages ok
>> > but I
>> > have no idea where they are going. Obviously this is quite a problem as
>> > it's
>> > all going down a black hole effectively. Please see the event viewer
>> > entries
>> > below.
>> >
>> > Would really appreciated any help.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Andy
>> >
>> >
>> > Event viewer messages:
>> >
>> > The POP3 agent is going to open the mailbox
>> > <postmaster@domainname.co.uk>
>> > on
>> > host <pop.clara.net> with the password <{ Secret Password }>. The
>> > authentication method is: Clear Text Password
>> >
>> > The delivery service is logging as a POP3 client on port 110
>> >
>> > The POP3 host <pop.clara.net [80.168.70.82]> answered our connection
>> > with
>> > <+OK CPOP vCPOP_2_3_1 on minos.uk.clara.net Ready for Action>
>> >
>> > We have been granted access to <pop.clara.net [80.168.70.82]> logging
>> > as
>> > <postmaster@domainname.co.uk>
>> >
>> > There are 11 message(s) with a total of 4905557 byte(s)
>> >
>> > A message was downloaded from the POP3 server. The message ID is:
>> > MSG06072007-183052-1.MMD
>> > (11 of the same messages)
>> >
>> > The POP3 session transcript was:
>> > <G>: +OK CPOP vCPOP_2_3_1 on minos.uk.clara.net Ready for Action
>> > <C>: USER postmaster@domainname.co.uk
>> > <S>: +OK
>> > <C>: PASS <secret password>
>> > <S>: +OK
>> > <C>: STAT
>> > <S>: +OK 11 4905557
>> > <C> { Downloaded and deleted messages if neccessary. }
>> > <C>: QUIT
>> > <S>: +OK Take it EZ
>> >
>> > The shared POP3 accounts have been checked for incoming messages
>>
>>
>>