Thanks for the reply, he can resolve it fine, but cannot connect to it on port 25. (times out) I also am unable to connect to his server as well... very weird. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Simpson [mailto:msimpson@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:34 AM To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [msexchange] Re: Problem receiving email from 1 domain Hello, Ask the administrator to run nslookup on his outgoing mailserver and =3D perform the following commands set type=3D3Dmx dkl.com Is he able to resolve your domain name? if so he should see the =3D following entry's Non-authoritative answer: dkl.com MX preference =3D3D 5, mail exchanger =3D3D firewall.dkl.com dkl.com nameserver =3D3D pns.storm.ca dkl.com nameserver =3D3D sns.storm.ca firewall.dkl.com internet address =3D3D 209.87.236.33 Ask him to telnet to 209.87.236.33 port 25 Type helo mail from:hisusername@xxxxxxx enter rcpt to:yourusername@xxxxxxx enter data enter type in some data press enter twice select full stop on keyboard to accept mail mail should now be sent to you mailbox Try this out first Regards Mark Simpson IT Support Specialist msimpson@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Shawn R. Beairsto [mailto:sbeairst@xxxxxxx] Sent: 24 March 2003 16:14 To: Msexchange (E-mail) Subject: [msexchange] Problem receiving email from 1 domain Hi all, =3D20 We have a strange problem that cropped up early last week, and I could = =3D use your help. We cannot recieve email from a company that used to send = =3D to us quite regularly. We are receiving email from everywhere else in = =3D the world. I've been working with their admin guy and they have no =3D problems sending emails anywhere else but here. When he tries to send = =3D me an email, this is the response he gets: -- Your message Subject: "test" has been delayed for some or all of the =3D intended recipients. The recipients that were affected are: =3D sbeairst@xxxxxxx =3D <outbind://46/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=3D3DF000000001&a=3D3De3370dc078531d= 3388=3D 34c6a17df1e97b&mailto=3D3D1&to=3D3Dsbeairst@xxxxxxx&msg=3D3DMSG1047928416= .99&st=3D art=3D3D10587&len=3D3D1818&src=3D3D&type=3D3Dx> Your message was = received =3D 09:51:58 Mon, 17 March 2003. The mail system will keep trying to deliver = =3D your message for another 67 hours 57 minutes.=3D20 -- =3D20 We've both run out of ideas on this one. We cannot tell if its my =3D system or his (I'm thinking its mine). Coincidently, we both are using = =3D the same ISP (Storm.ca), so we initially suspected some kind of routing = =3D issue but the folks at Storm say everything is OK. We are both running = =3D Exchange 2000. I'm not doing any blocking on the server at all. =3D20 Does anyone have any ideas where else we can look? =3D20 Thanks, =3D20 -- Shawn Beairsto Network Administrator Data Kinetics Ltd. http://www.dkl.com <http://www.dkl.com/>=3D20 =3D20 =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D Use the below link for Archives, and to set your preferences. http://thethin.net/exchangelist.cfm =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Use the below link for Archives, and to set your preferences. http://thethin.net/exchangelist.cfm ===================== Use the below link for Archives, and to set your preferences. http://thethin.net/exchangelist.cfm