[lanse] Re: A Question i cant fathom
- From: "Michael Knowles" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <kerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<kerr.michie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 09:39:50 +0100
Have you correctly configured DNS?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Elliott" <Jamie.Elliott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <kerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <kerr.michie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:00 PM
Subject: [lanse] A Question i cant fathom
> All,
>
> Picture this okay, cause its worth money to me to fix it. Ta
>
> Server running exchange
> ISDN Modem
> Router
> Demon mail server
>
> Kerr, just like you have at petards.
>
> Now these guys are BAD with computers okay, we're talking open router
> onto a permanete web connection with no virus software on any machine
> and oh yeah "Fire.. What?" FIREWALL!!!!
>
> When I started this morning, I got virus alerts everywhere. Spent half
> the day sorting that out for them and cleaning up. The main problem is
> this
>
> The server runs Exchange 5.5, until I got there this morning they had no
> company email getting in, and because of the w32.klez H@mm virus they
> had 10000 outgoing messages not going anywhere.
>
> First thoughts is that the EX server was being used by people over the
> internet to handle or route their mail.
>
> I managed to get rid of the 10000 messages, that was hard as the
> Microsoft exchange button marked DELETE didn't. I had to remove the
> entire Internet Mail Service to do it.
>
> Now the problem is that although I have restored incoming messages to
> working, I cant get it to let Email go out. The two error messages that
> I have got so far are
>
> a) email address given can not be recognised
>
> and now after fiddling with it for a few moments I'm now getting this .
>
> b) message could not be delivered due to communications
> failure
>
> This returns to outlook with the normal system administrator mail
> containing the above message.
>
> Whats wrong?
>
> Any help would be appreciated as I have been contracting to them for the
> past 2 days and this would be my finaley.
>
> Jamie
>
>
>
>
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