Mike, This may be related to your problem, http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;251746 Regards, Raj -----Original Message----- From: A. M. Salim [mailto:msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:30 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: messages stuck in queue "awaiting directory lookup" http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi, > What happens when you send to an external recipient, is it getting > through or gets queued up. How many Exchange servers do you have ? > If you have multiple servers, are these messages waiting in queue in the > server where the mailboxes are located, or is it queued in a different > Exchange server ? sending to external users works fine. There is only one Exchange server for this organization, no FE/BE or clustering etc. As an aside: The exchange server is running the MS DNS server integrated into the Active Directory with a forward zone for the exchange server's external domain name (exmail.theirdomainname.com). The main domain's nameserver is hosted elsewhere (for theirdomainname.com) and is running on a non-Windows server and has an "A" record pointing to the exchange server (exmail.theordomainname.com), and that NS also has MX records pointing to exmail.theirdomainname.com. I mention all this because it was stuck in the "Awaiting directory lookup" queue wwhich could possibly be related to DNS, but then again, maybe not. Like I said, restarting DNS server did not help. Mike ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: raj.periyasamy@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx