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Trouble sending emails from one exchange server to another within same routing group

I'm having an issue where one of the exchange servers in my domain (server A) is having trouble sending to users on another exchange server in the same domain (Server B). However server A can get email from users on Server B as well as send to and from external users outside of the domain.

Both servers are in the same domain, exchange administrative group, and routing group. Server B is the master of the routing group.

Am I missing something?

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e_vanheel

Which version of Exchange are you running? If you are running 2003, you may want to consider removing the routing groups between the servers and let the servers handle it themselves.

kenhen99

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Thanks for both replies, Server A is already allowed to relay through Server B (the subnet its on is allowed) and they both are already members of the same routing group.

e_vanheel

Are the both in the Exchange Domain Servers security group? If they are not in the same subnet are they both using WINS?

kenhen99

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Yes they are both in the exchange domain group and they are on the same subnet. I noticed that messgaes get hung in the queue and finally it says remote host has refused the connection when sending to server B.

e_vanheel

Try removing the storage groups.

kenhen99

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Which storage groups?

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kenhen99

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Yes, all three of those telnet attempts are successful. This is a new exchange cluster that came online a few weeks before I started here and now they want it up and running so no changes have been made but I doubt it has ever worked to begin with.

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kenhen99

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I added the cluster name to the exhcange server group and restarted both cluster members one at a time. Still hvaing the same issue, it hangs out in the queue for a while before the queue states that the remote host has been dropped by the remote host.

kenhen99

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I set up smtp logging on server A and here is what I see in regards to the other server.

18:49:10 (Server B IP) EHLO - 250
18:49:10 (Server B IP) x-exps - 0
18:49:10 (Server B IP) x-link2state - 200
18:49:10 (Server B IP) MAIL - 250
18:49:10 (Server B IP) RCPT - 250
18:49:10 (Server B IP) xexch50 - 354

kenhen99

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Figured it out... they had a smarthost configured on the cluster pointing to an internal smtp server (where outgoing mail goes), removed that and let exchange do its thing within the routing group, thanks to all who replied.

kenhen99

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How do I accept my own answer as the soluiton?

kenhen99

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I have no problem dividing up the points, it would be nice if there was a way you could put your own answer as the soluiton as people often will go right to what was marked as the solution when searching on a problem.