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The specific error I get is: @400000005254cba830b3105c delivery 255: failure: Connected_to_<ISP IP Address>_but_sender_was_rejected./Remote_host_said:_530_authentication_required/

Dear All, I just installed netqmail-1.0.6 and tried to route email via my provider using the following in /var/qmail/control/smtproutes (without the < >) :<ISP IP address>:80 <username@mydomain.com> <password> I have also patched the netqmail with qmail-smtproute-auth.patch In the...

Hi ShackDaddy, Thank you for your invaluable advice. I worked on this in a test environment and it worked nicely. here are the steps I took in resolving this issue. SiteB is the host for file share witness. I powered down both exchange/AD in SiteB. - I removed the "Default-First-Site-Name"...

Dear All, I have 2 sites with Windows 2003 DC one of the DCs in one site failed (old hardware) and I am trying to replace this with a Windows 2008 R2 DC. I have removed the failed DC using ntdsutil and now running the adprep32.exe /forestprep on the existing DC but stuck at "The command has...

Hi Shackdaddy, Thank you for your response. I realised after my post and more troubleshooting that the FSW server was offline that was why the DB refused to mount. My questions are: - since the FSW can only be on a single site at a time so if the site hosting the FSW goes down then the DB on...

Dear All, We have 2 AD/Exchange 2010 sites (each with its own AD). During a user acceptance test where it is required to power down both AD/Exchange at the primary site. I get the message: Error: Couldnt't mount the database that you specified. Specified database: TKY-DB: Error Code: An...

Hi Noway2, Thank you for your response. I am able to ping and tracert to the DC...

Dear All, We have a DC with zone abc.org and added a new zone xyz.local this resolves fine on the internal network but when a user connects via cisco vpn client the DNS times out. I have integrated this into all DC in the AD domain, is there any other way to resolve this. Your help is highly...

Dear All, I am in the process of creating a 2-way trust between Windows 2003 R2 domain single forest (AD integrated DNS)= fqdn = abc.com and Windows 2008 server fqdn = def.com I created stub zone on both DCs. - On the Windows 2008 server: I can resolve and ping the dc1.abc.com when I run the...

Dear All, I have been able to fix this after a lot of testing and here is the config that is currently in production: test-asa# show run : Saved : ASA Version 8.0(4) ! hostname test-asa domain-name test-asa.com enable password xxxxxxx encrypted passwd xxxxxxx encrypted names ! interface...

Hi All, I have an almost similar issue, however I have been able to configure a vpn client user to be able to access inside but my challenge is to allow the same user to be able to access the DMZ as well. Requirements: 1) create a connection profile for a developers who can only access the dmz...

Hi All, I have an almost similar issue, however I have been able to configure a vpn client user to be able to access inside but my challenge is to allow the same user to be able to access the DMZ as well. Requirements: 1) create a connection profile for a developers who can only access the dmz...

Hi All, We are int the process of upgrading from Office 2003 to Office 2010 for 120 PCs. I have the script that can uninstall the entire Office 2003 applications and install office 2010. However due to the requirement that some users access 2003 DB developed under Access 2003 might not be...

I also noticed that in the Failover cluster manager it shows that the current host server is the secondary server. Do I have to create an alternative witness server? The current witness server is on the AD on the secondary site.

Dear All, Thank you for your response. I disabled the Symantec system recovery software and failed back to the primary site and it failed back. However, the DB shows mounted on the primary site and "Disconnected and Resynchronizing" on the secondary site. I resolved this by enabling replication...