telnet port 25 closes
I am not getting inbound email but I am able to send. There are no error message in the log with regard to what is going on that I can find.
When I test via telnet 127.0.0.1 25 from the sever it looks as if it conencts and I get a - then the tenet ends and I am back to the c prompt.
When I test via telnet 127.0.0.1 25 from the sever it looks as if it conencts and I get a - then the tenet ends and I am back to the c prompt.
Suliman Abu Kharroub
is the problem internally or externally ? if externally please test smtp on mxtoolbox.com
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internally
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Server disconnected before banner was complete. using mxtoolbox
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when I telnet to port 110 I get a err protocol...
which exchange version? did you checked the information store ? other exchange services ?
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2003 and yes.. 110 is working I cannot get 25 to work.. to I need to redo the metabase ?
Have you tried disabling firewall, antivirus, malware scanners, etc on the server to make sure that the problem is strictly related to Exchange?
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do you how I can get a copy of smtpreinstall.exe for exchange 2003 ?
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That sounds like classic Anti-Virus interference. What have you got installed on your server?
Please run the following from a command prompt and upload c:\netstat.txt for review:
netstat -anbp tcp >c:\netstat.txt
Please run the following from a command prompt and upload c:\netstat.txt for review:
netstat -anbp tcp >c:\netstat.txt
Can you telnet the internal IP address of the server on port 25 and not the Loopback (127.0.0.1) address please.
Disable windows firewall or stop the service, then try the telnet again from the server itself and from another machine on your network.
Check the application event log for errors / warnings when you try the telnet. You may have IP address restrictions in place on the SMTP virtual server.
Disable windows firewall or stop the service, then try the telnet again from the server itself and from another machine on your network.
Check the application event log for errors / warnings when you try the telnet. You may have IP address restrictions in place on the SMTP virtual server.
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no firewall.. I am working with Microsoft and fixing it...
So rather than keep the question going and respond to our comments, you paid Microsoft! Interesting!!
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I did a reinstall and it fixed the problem