Exchange Mail SBS 2003

Hi there,

Newbie to SBS 2003 and Windows in general, so please be gentle (and
specific).

I am having problems receiving email on my SBS 2003 server (but not
sending). I have created a domain (mtde.com), and configured SBS to use
this domain. Exchange is configured to use DNS to route email, and I
configured the wizard to deliver email directly to my server. The mail
server name is mail.mtde.com and I have checked DNS entries (I use
zoneedit.com for DNS) to ensure that the mail MX records are present and
pointing to the SBS IP address.

I used zoneedits free SMTP test tool (http://www.zoneedit.com/smtp.html) to
test receiving email, and managed to get an email sent to my email address.
Results of the test are copied below.

OK, connected to mail.mtde.com...
< 220 mail.mtde.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.0 ready
at Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:07:49 +0200
> HELO edit.dnsvr.com
< 250 mail.mtde.com Hello [64.21.143.22]
> MAIL FROM:<iannospam@thehaven.co.za>
< 250 2.1.0 iannospam@thehaven.co.za....Sender OK
> RCPT TO:<iannospamputtergill@mtde.com>
< 250 2.1.5 iannospamputtergill@mtde.com
> DATA
< 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
> From: iannospam@thehaven.co.za
> To: iannospamputtergill@mtde.com
> Subject: ZoneEdit Automated SMTP Test (mail.mtde.com)
>
> If you received this, then the mail server (mail.mtde.com) is probably
working.
> Sent at 2004-02-12 09:08:17 by 198.54.202.2 using Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;
MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
> .
< 250 2.6.0 <SERVERqJlV6eWNHLmKg00000001@mail.mtde.com> Queued mail for
delivery

All web properties are working just fine, as is remote access (VPN).
Internal email is routing fine. What am I doing wrong?

Any assistance and pointers would be appreciated.

Ian

SuperGumby
Thu Feb 12 21:33:38 CST 2004

before we go on to the SMTP question which looks like it really should be
working. Did you name your AD DNS 'mtde.com', this is not recommended.

http://imho.dyndns.org/addns.htm

--
Mick Malloy
http://www.micropol.com.au

"Ian Puttergill" <iannospam@thehaven.co.za> wrote in message
news:c0g1ml$q52$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> Hi there,
>
> Newbie to SBS 2003 and Windows in general, so please be gentle (and
> specific).
>
> I am having problems receiving email on my SBS 2003 server (but not
> sending). I have created a domain (mtde.com), and configured SBS to use
> this domain. Exchange is configured to use DNS to route email, and I
> configured the wizard to deliver email directly to my server. The mail
> server name is mail.mtde.com and I have checked DNS entries (I use
> zoneedit.com for DNS) to ensure that the mail MX records are present and
> pointing to the SBS IP address.
>
> I used zoneedits free SMTP test tool (http://www.zoneedit.com/smtp.html)
to
> test receiving email, and managed to get an email sent to my email
address.
> Results of the test are copied below.
>
> OK, connected to mail.mtde.com...
> < 220 mail.mtde.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.0
ready
> at Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:07:49 +0200
> > HELO edit.dnsvr.com
> < 250 mail.mtde.com Hello [64.21.143.22]
> > MAIL FROM:<iannospam@thehaven.co.za>
> < 250 2.1.0 iannospam@thehaven.co.za....Sender OK
> > RCPT TO:<iannospamputtergill@mtde.com>
> < 250 2.1.5 iannospamputtergill@mtde.com
> > DATA
> < 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
> > From: iannospam@thehaven.co.za
> > To: iannospamputtergill@mtde.com
> > Subject: ZoneEdit Automated SMTP Test (mail.mtde.com)
> >
> > If you received this, then the mail server (mail.mtde.com) is probably
> working.
> > Sent at 2004-02-12 09:08:17 by 198.54.202.2 using Mozilla/4.0
(compatible;
> MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
> > .
> < 250 2.6.0 <SERVERqJlV6eWNHLmKg00000001@mail.mtde.com> Queued mail for
> delivery
>
> All web properties are working just fine, as is remote access (VPN).
> Internal email is routing fine. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Any assistance and pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Ian
>
>

Ian
Thu Feb 12 23:04:28 CST 2004

Thanks for responding!

The AD DNS is different to MTDE.com - in fact it is africa.local similar to
what the article you linked to suggests.

I had sent a test email fromt the COZA account to the MTDE account and
overnight got a warning notice, pasted below - just in case it helps in
identifying the problem.

ATTxxx.txt:
Received: from [198.54.202.3] (account xxx@thehaven.co.za)
by mx2.radiant.net (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.1.8)
with HTTP id 32452425 for xxx@mtde.com; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 05:42:42 -0800
From: <xxx@thehaven.co.za>
Subject: test
To: xxx@mtde.com
X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.1.8
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 05:42:42 -0800
Message-ID: <web-32452425@mx2.radiant.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0

details.txt:
Reporting-MTA: dns; mx2.radiant.net

Original-Recipient: rfc822;<xxx@mtde.com>
Final-Recipient: rfc822;<xxx@mtde.com>
Action: delayed
Status: 4.0.0

Warning email:
This is a warning message only.

Your message remains in the server queue,

the server will try to send it again.

You should not try to resend your message now.

Message delivery to xxx@mtde.com' delayed SMTP module(domain mtde.com)
reports:

mtde.com: DNS server failure

Cheers

Ian
"SuperGumby" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:uIz0sIe8DHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> before we go on to the SMTP question which looks like it really should be
> working. Did you name your AD DNS 'mtde.com', this is not recommended.
>
> http://imho.dyndns.org/addns.htm
>
> --
> Mick Malloy
> http://www.micropol.com.au
>
> "Ian Puttergill" <iannospam@thehaven.co.za> wrote in message
> news:c0g1ml$q52$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Newbie to SBS 2003 and Windows in general, so please be gentle (and
> > specific).
> >
> > I am having problems receiving email on my SBS 2003 server (but not
> > sending). I have created a domain (mtde.com), and configured SBS to use
> > this domain. Exchange is configured to use DNS to route email, and I
> > configured the wizard to deliver email directly to my server. The
mail
> > server name is mail.mtde.com and I have checked DNS entries (I use
> > zoneedit.com for DNS) to ensure that the mail MX records are present and
> > pointing to the SBS IP address.
> >
> > I used zoneedits free SMTP test tool (http://www.zoneedit.com/smtp.html)
> to
> > test receiving email, and managed to get an email sent to my email
> address.
> > Results of the test are copied below.
> >
> > OK, connected to mail.mtde.com...
> > < 220 mail.mtde.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.0
> ready
> > at Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:07:49 +0200
> > > HELO edit.dnsvr.com
> > < 250 mail.mtde.com Hello [64.21.143.22]
> > > MAIL FROM:<iannospam@thehaven.co.za>
> > < 250 2.1.0 iannospam@thehaven.co.za....Sender OK
> > > RCPT TO:<iannospamputtergill@mtde.com>
> > < 250 2.1.5 iannospamputtergill@mtde.com
> > > DATA
> > < 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
> > > From: iannospam@thehaven.co.za
> > > To: iannospamputtergill@mtde.com
> > > Subject: ZoneEdit Automated SMTP Test (mail.mtde.com)
> > >
> > > If you received this, then the mail server (mail.mtde.com) is probably
> > working.
> > > Sent at 2004-02-12 09:08:17 by 198.54.202.2 using Mozilla/4.0
> (compatible;
> > MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
> > > .
> > < 250 2.6.0 <SERVERqJlV6eWNHLmKg00000001@mail.mtde.com> Queued mail for
> > delivery
> >
> > All web properties are working just fine, as is remote access (VPN).
> > Internal email is routing fine. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Any assistance and pointers would be appreciated.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
>
>

Ian
Fri Feb 13 13:22:20 CST 2004

Mick - thanks for the pointers. It lead me back to DNS and it turned out
some IP's had not yet propogated through the net.

Cheers

Ian
"SuperGumby" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:uIz0sIe8DHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> before we go on to the SMTP question which looks like it really should be
> working. Did you name your AD DNS 'mtde.com', this is not recommended.
>
> http://imho.dyndns.org/addns.htm
>
> --
> Mick Malloy
> http://www.micropol.com.au
>
> "Ian Puttergill" <iannospam@thehaven.co.za> wrote in message
> news:c0g1ml$q52$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Newbie to SBS 2003 and Windows in general, so please be gentle (and
> > specific).
> >
> > I am having problems receiving email on my SBS 2003 server (but not
> > sending). I have created a domain (mtde.com), and configured SBS to use
> > this domain. Exchange is configured to use DNS to route email, and I
> > configured the wizard to deliver email directly to my server. The
mail
> > server name is mail.mtde.com and I have checked DNS entries (I use
> > zoneedit.com for DNS) to ensure that the mail MX records are present and
> > pointing to the SBS IP address.
> >
> > I used zoneedits free SMTP test tool (http://www.zoneedit.com/smtp.html)
> to
> > test receiving email, and managed to get an email sent to my email
> address.
> > Results of the test are copied below.
> >
> > OK, connected to mail.mtde.com...
> > < 220 mail.mtde.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.0
> ready
> > at Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:07:49 +0200
> > > HELO edit.dnsvr.com
> > < 250 mail.mtde.com Hello [64.21.143.22]
> > > MAIL FROM:<iannospam@thehaven.co.za>
> > < 250 2.1.0 iannospam@thehaven.co.za....Sender OK
> > > RCPT TO:<iannospamputtergill@mtde.com>
> > < 250 2.1.5 iannospamputtergill@mtde.com
> > > DATA
> > < 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
> > > From: iannospam@thehaven.co.za
> > > To: iannospamputtergill@mtde.com
> > > Subject: ZoneEdit Automated SMTP Test (mail.mtde.com)
> > >
> > > If you received this, then the mail server (mail.mtde.com) is probably
> > working.
> > > Sent at 2004-02-12 09:08:17 by 198.54.202.2 using Mozilla/4.0
> (compatible;
> > MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
> > > .
> > < 250 2.6.0 <SERVERqJlV6eWNHLmKg00000001@mail.mtde.com> Queued mail for
> > delivery
> >
> > All web properties are working just fine, as is remote access (VPN).
> > Internal email is routing fine. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Any assistance and pointers would be appreciated.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
>
>