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SBS2008 Exchange, OWA and RWW problems

SBS 2008 with Exchange 2007 suddenly stops receiving mail and RWW and OWA unavailable. Cannot telnet to server from external source.
Mail works internally and mail can be sent successfully via smart host. RWW and OWA also work within the LAN. Cannot see any obvious problems in event logs.
Any ideas please? Thanks
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If everything is working internally, and your not able to telnet from the outside, send or receive email or access RWW, it sounds like something is blocking the services. I would first reboot the server, make sure it is fully patched, run the SBS best practices and fix any errors and then reboot the router/firewall.
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Thank you, The server is fully patched but not running Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008, it has been rebooted twice and so has the router.

There are a few warnings that relate to user accounts not showing up in the SBS Console. These were created for the print/copy/scanner over 12 months ago. It mentions Service Pack 2 is not installed. Should I install this?

The only error is a DNS error: "DNS A resource record points to incorrect IP address The host (A) resource record points to the incorrect IP address 192.168.12.2192.168.12.31. The record should point to 192.168.12.2."     192.168.12.31 refers to the IP of the PPP adapter RAS (Dial In) Interface. This has always been the case as I have looked at this before and believe it to be quite normal for this error to show up when running the BPA. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

When I run the Mail Flow Troubleshooter from Exchange console I receive the following error which I believe may assist "Error submitting mail Mail submission failed: Error message: Server does not support secure connections."

When I run dcdiag I receive the following which I feel also relates to the problem:

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         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:20:11
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:20:11
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:25:09
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:25:09
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:25:13
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:25:13
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:30:07
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:30:07
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:30:12
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:30:12
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:35:07
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:35:07
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:35:11
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:35:11
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:13
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:14
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:15
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:16
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:17
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:18
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:19
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:20
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:21
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:22
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:23
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:24
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:25
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:26
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:27
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:36:28
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:38:18
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:39:00
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:39:42
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:40:07
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:40:07
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:40:11
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:40:11
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:40:24
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:41:06
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:41:48
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:42:30
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:43:12
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:43:54
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:44:36
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:45:09
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:45:09
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:45:13
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0000004
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:45:13
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:45:18
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:46:00
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         An Error Event occurred.  EventID: 0xC0002719
            Time Generated: 03/29/2011   08:46:42
            EvtFormatMessage failed, error 15100 Win32 Error 15100.
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x3afc)
         ......................... PO-PDC failed test SystemLog
      Starting test: VerifyReferences
         ......................... PO-PDC passed test VerifyReferences


   Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test
         CrossRefValidation

   Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test
         CrossRefValidation

   Running partition tests on : Schema
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation

   Running partition tests on : Configuration
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation

   Running partition tests on : ourdomain
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... ourdomain passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... ourdomain passed test CrossRefValidation

   Running enterprise tests on : ourdomain.local
      Starting test: LocatorCheck
         ......................... ourdomain.local passed test LocatorCheck
      Starting test: Intersite
         ......................... ourdomain.local passed test Intersite

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Well this is fairly dissappointing. 4 days since my last post and it seems that this one has slipped through the cracks and been abandoned by all the gurus out there. Why am I paying for this subscription? Doesn't anyone have any ideas?
check the DNS settings on this server
Make sure that the primary DNS server is itself and the secondary is an ISP
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