Are you able to ping the server? Telnet it on port 25 ???? -----Original Message----- From: mukesh gohel [mailto:mngohel@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:46 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] exchnage server unavailable http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hello My excahnge server runs on an aditional DC,the hard disk of my excahnge server crashed, after replacing the harddisk, installing w2k, sp1 and exchange, when I try to start microsoft outlook XP I get the error message "Your exchange server is unavailable" I have checked all the services, they are all running. What can be the problem,please help. thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access for only $21.95/month. Try MSN! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: robert@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') This mail was content checked for malicious code and viruses by GFI MailSecurity. GFI MailSecurity provides email content checking, exploit detection and anti-virus for Exchange & SMTP servers. Spam, viruses, dangerous attachments and offensive content are removed automatically. Key features include: Multiple virus engines; Email content & attachment checking; Exploit shield - email intrusion detection & defence; Email threats engine - analyses & defuses HTML scripts, .exe files & more. In addition to GFI MailSecurity, GFI also produces the GFI FAXmaker fax server & GFI LANguard network security product ranges. For more information on our products, please visit http://www.gfi.com. This disclaimer was sent by GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP.