Re: SMTP connector unavailable by Andrew
Andrew
Mon Nov 20 20:21:34 CST 2006
I didn't ask, but, you know-- I statred thinking. The ISP is Optimum
Online, what I find to be a lame excuse for an ISP if ever I saw one. I did
a telnet test on mail.optonline.net and it just hung there. Then I
remembered that Optimum has a new higher-priced service called Optimum
Boost, and one of its selling points is that one can open port 25 and/or 80
and run a mail server. Now, this client has had standard business Optimum
all along, and relaying through port 25 to mail.optonline.net has worked--
klunkily-- but it worked. I smell a rat. Do you think Optimum would warn
anyone that Boost would at some point be *required* to use the smarthost?
That's why I hate it. It just isn't a business-class ISP. Business-class
ISP's don't do things like that. They don't make folks such as me waste time
and goodwill figuring these things out for themselves. Cable companies
should stick to entertainment and stop pretending to be ISP's a business can
use.
Sorry. Now I have to tell the client to get Optimum Boost (which,
by the way, STILL does not offer a static IP.They say it will in January,
but I'll believe it when I see it.) Thanks for nudging my brain in the right
direction!
"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uZ$6rsMDHHA.2176@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> What does the ISP say?
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
>
> "Andrew M. Saucci, Jr." <spam-only@2000computer.com> wrote in message
> news:u3ygHjLDHHA.4224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Okay, tried that. The smarthost connector went down again within
> > five minutes. I guess I'm up a creek without a paddle. Dynamic IP
> > addresses
> > should be outlawed.
> >
> >
> > "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:uqFg$NsCHHA.856@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> Have you tried specifying the smarthost as an IP address in brackets
> >> ([xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]) instead of using the FQDN for the ISP's SMTP
server?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> >> ============================
> >>
> >> "Andrew M. Saucci, Jr." <spam-only@2000computer.com> wrote in message
> >> news:ucDkcsqCHHA.4992@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> > I have a client running SBS 2000 with a dynamic IP address. I
> > have
> >> > repeatedly tried to get this converted to static but no one will
listen
> > to
> >> > me. Naturally, outbound e-mail is a problem. I tried using a
smarthost
> > for
> >> > all the outbound e-mail, but the outbound mail queue would get stuck
> > until
> >> > I
> >> > switched it back to DNS. But when I use DNS, then AOL and others get
> >> > cranky
> >> > because it's a dynamic IP. Finally, I set up a second SMTP connector
> > just
> >> > for AOL and its ilk, leaving everything else on DNS. I had about one
or
> >> > two
> >> > dozen domains on the smarthost. This seemed to work for a long time,
> >> > but
> >> > yesterday the client called complaining that the e-mail routed
through
> > the
> >> > smarthost was not making it out. When we look at the status of the
> >> > smarthost
> >> > SMTP connector, it shows "unavailable." Right-clicking on it and
> > starting
> >> > it
> >> > releases the mail, but shortly afterward the connector goes down
again.
> >> > The
> >> > smarthost (a cable ISP) pings okay, and I was able to set up Outlook
> >> > Express
> >> > on the server with an account at the ISP, which worked fine. I need
at
> >> > a
> >> > minimum that the smarthost connector resets itself it it goes down so
> > that
> >> > the mail eventually goes out. Where do I go from here?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
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