http://www.ISAserver.org ------------------------------------------------------- Hi, One of my client has 3 servers 1 Dual Nic'ed ISA2004 W3K, , and 2 others an W3K runing DNS WIN DHCP Printer sharing active directory and SQL2005, The third runs Active directory and Exchange. All are fully patched and upto date on service packs and patches. Setup was installed 15 months ago and has been basically running like a well oiled machine since install, with nothing more serious thatn the IADSL intenet router locking up and need to be reset or a cleaning tape put through the tape drive. Then about 3 weeks ago, after about 2 to 3 days after a reboot, SMTP ceases to respond to requests from the internet. when SMTP stops, everything else is still working the WEB site, POP3, OWA, all are still worming just fine. The exchange server still responses with the correct banner when you use telnet <ip of the exchange server> 25 From a PC on the internal LAN but when you use telnet from external to the internet IP telnet gives a blank screen, but nothing else. And port 25 is not blocked on the ISP I'm using. There is nothing in the server event logs, and the monitoring page of ISA shows all services are still running, and I can see no difference between the working SMTP, and the not working SMTP. Any suggestions ? _____________________________________________________ Glenn ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/isalist/ ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server Articles and Tutorials: http://www.isaserver.org/articles_tutorials/ ISA Server Blogs: http://blogs.isaserver.org/ ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe visit http://www.isaserver.org/pages/isalist.asp Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx