<andreawil@hotmailIHateSpam.com> wrote:

>I have a Win2K server running SMTP server. I opened up relay and connection
>security for internal usage, our router doesn't allow incoming info and the
>server does not have an internet IP, just a LAN IP address.
>
>If I send email to this server's IP from a Windows app using ASPMail from
>ServerObjects.com, the code thinks that the email was sent properly.
>However, I'm not recieving the emails (I'm sending to myself to test it).
>When I look at the Mail folders the Queue folder has the email message as
>though it hasn't bee sent. It's been about an hour since I sent my first
>test and it's still there.
>
>Does anyone know if there is any info about how this thing works and how to
>monitor what is actually happening under the covers? I need to find out
>what is going on and why it's taking so long. the last log entry is as
>follows:
>
>
>02:57:48 192.168.100.5 HELO - 250
>02:57:48 192.168.100.5 MAIL - 250
>02:57:48 192.168.100.5 RCPT - 250
>02:57:48 192.168.100.5 DATA - 250
>02:57:48 192.168.100.5 QUIT - 0

> Can the SMTP server reach the destination for the message? Does the
> message have a valid address on another SMTP server to send to?
>
> Jeff

<andreawil@hotmailIHateSpam.com> wrote:

>Yes, the Win2K box is open to the interent. Interesting addition. I set up
>an WinXP box to run SMTP the exact same way and it is working smoothly. For
>testing code, I'm sending emails using the WinXP box, but I really need to
>get the Win2K box working so that the code is executing on the same server
>as the SMTP server. In this case, only one server will be allowed for
>production. As I said before, the server tells the code that it was
>successful, but the email sits in the queue and doesn't go any further.
>It's still there and has been for two days now. The three test emails in
>the queue are for threeof my different email accounts and I know that they
>are all working.