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exchange 2010 external mail not receiving

I Have a problem that our exchange server over night stoped recieving external email from most of our senders.
the mx record ok.
we using build in exchange spam filter.
on the logs the only msg i see is the content block mail and the internal mail.
the senders are not receiving any return msg.

Thank you for your help
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disable all the Exchange AntiSpam options and see if it makes any difference?

Check the Default receive connector make sure that annonymous users is checked.
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hi,
thanks for the reply.
i disabled all spam and the receive connector is allow to annonymous.
everything was working perfect until last night.
Hi,

can you check your queues if you any queue buildup, how about internal mailflow, is it functional

can you provide the name of your email domain, I can test from external network and try to isolate the problem
might be a silly question but have you tried a simple reboot?
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hi,
did a reboot, all internal users of the domain are working fine even the one that not in the network (external domain users).
ill rather not give the domain name if posible.

thank you all
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no queues build
So it's working now?
Can you also reboot your router/firewall?

Goto http://whatsmyip.org find your public IP, is it the same one listed if you goto http://mxtoolbox.com and enter your domain name?

What happens when you telnet from outside to to your public IP on port 25?
yes, you can use mxtoolbox and run smtp diag test.
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no.
i have two receive connectors one for port 25 the other for 587 all are set to accept anonymous.
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i did the mx tool and both 25 and 587 ok
What happens when you telnet from outside to port 25 and send an email via telnet following these instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153119

Make sure you use valid email addresses.
so no errors ?

then can you enable protocol logging on receive connector and then send yourself an email from gmail or hotmail , any one will do

then need to check in log if you are getting hit or any failure on wire

also perform message tracking to find if the message came to the server
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Ahh! Backpressure!! But if that was the case internal mail wouldn't work either!!

See alanhardisty's guide here on how to prevent this from happening: https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_4259-Exchange-2007-2010-Backpressure-Quick-Fix.html
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used support from microsoft to solve this