Help Completing Configuration Exchange 2003

[bobohost]

Hello all

I have been using SBS 2003 as a file server at home. I have decided to start using Exchange and have my mail for my domain sent there. I have ran the wizards and configured the Exchange server and everything seems ok but when I send out email the recipient never receives. When a sender sends email to my domain I never receive and they never receive an error.

i have gone to my web host and changed the mx records to point to my server. I also did some port forwarding on my linkys router for HTTPS 443, SMTP 25 to point my SBS 2003 server.

So I can access my OWA just fine and logon with no problem. But anytime I send email recipient never receives. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[scottew]

Some ISP's do not allow you to use port 25 unless you have a "business" account. I would check that out first.

Scott

 

[58sniper]

Can you telnet to the server over port 25 from outside of your environment?

Pat Richard MVP
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[ShackDaddy]

Since you are having trouble sending outbound, you need to sit at your server console, open up a cmd line and try and 'telnet mail.tecumsehgroup.com 25' and see if you can connect. If you get some connection feedback, then port 25 is not blocked. If nothing happens, then your ISP is blocking outbound port 25 traffic, which is what is keeping you from sending out email.

You could use something like DynDNS's MailHop service to allow your server to send outbound without paying your ISP more per month. I think that service costs around $15/year.

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net

 

[bobohost]

Thanks for the help....looks like my ISP is blocking the port.Was just sitting in the que.

 

[ShackDaddy]

Depending on who the ISP is, you can ask them to stop blocking. Many providers will remove the block on request, they just don't want systems that have been hacked by spammers to be able to send by default.

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net