Hi All, On the advance delivery properties of my SMTP virtual server, I have "Perform reverse DNS lookup on incoming messages" checked. We receive *lots* of spam where the header shows that RDNS failed. Can anyone point me in the direction to figure out how to filter (block/delete) messa...more >>

How can I stop sending mails from a server. What settings should I change to do this? Can anyone please help.... TIA, Anishya ...more >>

After I start up a command prompt and type in "telnet mailhost2.someplace.com" then type in helo I can't see any of my keystrokes any longer. Then after I press the enter key I get a responsce like 250 2.1.0 info@northpole.com....Sender OK. Then again I don't see any keystrokes. What do I ...more >>

I have set up an email role on W2003 but I am struggling to complete the configuration. Upon installation, W2003 creates a default domain within the SMTP server which is the same as the machine name, for examples sake lets call this MACHINE1. At the same time (I installed using the confi...more >>

My goal is to send notification emails to myself/coworkers from SQL Server 2005 Database Mail. At this point there will not be any incoming mail activity on this server. It's ok with me if I send email as myself rather than a local account specifically for the SQL Server. I'm using W2003 Se...more >>

Hi, I just set up a new server running Windows Server 2003 Web Edition. I have an ASP.NET application running on it. The application sends email notifications but they're not going through. I telnetted into the box and issued some SMTP commands to send a test message. It said it queued the ...more >>

Hi All First of all - I hope this is the correct group. Sorry if not. I have inherited a medium-sized sharepoint server farm from the previous admin here. The sharepoint server runs an SMTP server on IIS. Generally, all emails that Sharepoint sends get delivered fine. However, I have two ...more >>

Hi. I need help and I didn't know where to put this thread exactly. I work for my school's office. We had a problem regarding email sending. We contacted the company who setup our system but they won't return any of our calls. I don't know anything about IIS so here I am asking for help. I'm a...more >>

Hi - I'm running Exchanger Server 2000 and I'm having problems sending to a particular domain. All other messages in the smtp queue are delivered as expected. The messages comes back to the client stating that message sent to xyz.com is delayed. After several more attempts the message retur...more >>

Hi, I am currently working on Windows Server 2003 and am facing an issue with IIS Reset. I have a couple of scheduled tasks in the server. One of these tasks calls IIS Reset. This was working fine before. But from last month onwards, its giving problems. When I opened the EventViewer System...more >>

Hi all, I need help on IIS metabase object called User. It is located under LM\SMTPSVC\User.. Can any one tell me what this object does? I searched the site but no clues..maybe i missed something. My requirement: Specify a separate route for a speific smtp user to different SMTP relay ...more >>

Hi, My scenario is as follows : - On DMZ i have IIS SMTP server - On LAN i have Exchange servers and Unix servers My requirement: I have a user called user1@test.com on Unix box. Rest of my users are on Exchange. Now, I want any emails destined to user1@test.com getting directly relay...more >>

Hello, I have noticed over the last few weeks that my Queue gets filled up with a couple hundred emails every day and night. I know I am not sending that many emails nor my wife and we are the only ones with POP3 accounts. I believe someone is using my Windows Server 2003 Pop3 to send spa...more >>

I got this message trying to send a 2.25MB file to two co-workers: (reason: 552 Requested mail action aborted: exceeded storage allocation) The server is Windows 2000 SP4. I don't see anywhere in my IIS manager for SMTP to set a limit on "storage allocation". One co-worker had nothing in his...more >>

I am trying to troubleshoot why we can't send emails out our Windows 2003 SMTP server to email addreses @hotmail.com. They just sit around in the que then go to bad mail. So, I tried send an email from the command line and they still don't go through to hotmail accounts. However when I send...more >>

?Hi, with .NET 2.0 and the new mailing class System.Net.Mail, sending mails by using an installed IIS SMTP server has new behaviour. It is now requiered to configure the IIS SMTP Access\Connections... and \Relay... settings (enabling localhost 127.0.0.1) to allow access from the localhost. ...more >>