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I have had my mx records changed on my internet domain www.aa.co.uk say to point to my IP address
When i do a MX lookup at http://www.mxtoolbox.com/index.aspx it confirms this (i think they set up a sub domain (mail.aa.co.uk).
When i do a mail test at the same site i get this:No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
I have my ports open both ways on my router (netgear dg834) and firewall (sonic wall tz150) both ways
Not quite sure though if my connector's configured correctly, as far as i know it is as i have done some reading on this subject.
I have anonymous access on the access tab
nothing in relay and only the list below selected
external dns setup
and unassigned ip selected
I can send mail out to a external account.
Okay here are a few logs that have appeared

#Fields: date time c-ip cs-username s-sitename s-computername s-ip s-port cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query sc-status sc-win32-status sc-bytes cs-bytes time-taken cs-version cs-host cs(User-Agent) cs(Cookie) cs(Referer)
2007-03-22 09:50:02 172.17.26.1 - SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.16.26.1 0 QUIT - - 240 43266 127 0 43266 SMTP - - - -

Can anyone advise me on this situation??

Also related to this do i have to create a actual dns record on my SBS server relating to www.aa.co.uk
and the ip address of the hosted site.

Olaf De Ceuster

Run the internet connection wizard (You can run this as many times as you like) in Server Management> To do list> Point 2 to set up email access.
Here is how: http://www.sbs-rocks.com/sbs2k3/sbs2k3-n2.htm
Hope this help,
Olaf

jsvor

Go to dnsreports and run the dns and mail settings tests. (http://www.dnsreport.com/)

You can also check out this link on Microsoft's page to test your exchange server: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/003e4901-884f-4bc7-b3c3-557add4e5c3a.aspx.

rmfb

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Hi guys this is what i get from dns report

Failed
ERROR: I could not complete a connection to any of your mailservers!

mail.xtranet-itsolutions.co.uk: The mailserver terminated the connection before the transaction was complete (state 7). This is not RFC compliant, and therefore either due to an error, or it may be the result of a non-RFC-compliant mailserver or non-RFC-compliant anti-spam program.

If this is a timeout problem, note that the DNS report only waits about 40 seconds for responses, so your mail *may* work fine in this case but you will need to use testing tools specifically designed for such situations to be certain.

rmfb

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this is what i get for mail server test
Host Preference IP(s) [Country] mx00.1and1.co.uk. 10 212.227.15.186 [DE]212.227.15.169 [DE]212.227.15.150 [DE]212.227.15.134 [DE] mx01.1and1.co.uk. 10 212.227.15.134 [DE]212.227.15.186 [DE]212.227.15.169 [DE]212.227.15.150 [DE] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Step 1: Try connecting to all of these (in the order as returned by the DNS resolver, per RFC1123 5.3.4):
mx00.1and1.co.uk. - 212.227.15.186
mx00.1and1.co.uk. - 212.227.15.169
mx00.1and1.co.uk. - 212.227.15.150
mx00.1and1.co.uk. - 212.227.15.134
mx01.1and1.co.uk. - 212.227.15.134
mx01.1and1.co.uk. - 212.227.15.186
mx01.1and1.co.uk. - 212.227.15.169
mx01.1and1.co.uk. - 212.227.15.150
This is not my ip though and i dont understand why as the other post goes to mail.xtranet-itsolutions.co.uk ip address =mine and reverse dns passes etc

rmfb

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Hi

okay telnet session says
connecting aa.co.uk.. coul;d not open connection to the host port 23..connection failed

rmfb

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Here are some more logs
#Fields: date time c-ip cs-username s-sitename s-computername s-ip s-port cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query sc-status sc-win32-status sc-bytes cs-bytes time-taken cs-version cs-host cs(User-Agent) cs(Cookie) cs(Referer)
2007-03-22 11:07:43 217.146.189.93 web23408.mail.ird.yahoo.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 HELO - +web23408.mail.ird.yahoo.com 250 0 54 32 47 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:07:43 217.146.189.93 web23408.mail.ird.yahoo.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 MAIL - +FROM:<jimjam_r@yahoo.co.uk> 250 0 45 32 250 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:07:43 217.146.189.93 web23408.mail.ird.yahoo.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 RCPT - +TO:<rflint@xtranet-itsolutions.co.uk> 250 0 0 42 0 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:07:50 217.146.189.93 web23408.mail.ird.yahoo.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 QUIT - web23408.mail.ird.yahoo.com 240 6812 74 4 0 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:09:44 66.36.241.109 test.DNSreport.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 HELO - +test.DNSreport.com 250 0 53 23 109 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:09:44 66.36.241.109 test.DNSreport.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 MAIL - +FROM:<> 250 0 27 12 0 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:09:44 66.36.241.109 test.DNSreport.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 RCPT - +TO:<postmaster@xtranet-itsolutions.co.uk> 250 0 0 46 0 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:09:50 66.36.241.109 test.DNSreport.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 RCPT - +TO:<abuse@xtranet-itsolutions.co.uk> 550 0 0 41 5000 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:09:55 66.36.241.109 test.DNSreport.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 RCPT - +TO:<postmaster@[62.3.230.195]> 550 0 0 35 5016 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:09:55 66.36.241.109 test.DNSreport.com SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 QUIT - test.DNSreport.com 240 11141 57 35 5016 SMTP - - - -
2007-03-22 11:13:58 125.225.6.152 - SMTPSVC1 PLUTO 172.17.26.1 0 QUIT - - 240 16 184 35 16 SMTP - - - -

rmfb

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Hmm Mail now seems to have resumed and comming in ok

you could figure that could you

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rmfb

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Hi

Sorry i have not replied been away.
Yes have done the tests and everything A OK.
I think you may have been right about the dns settings somewhere along the line.

Many thanks though for your input

rmfb

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Asking Mod to close question and refund points as no help needed problem corrected itself