"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> In news:FC782215-E4AB-4F23-B576-292A454BDD28@microsoft.com,
> George <Geo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > Problem getting mail from one customer but everybody else get
> > through.
>
> Do they get an NDR?
>
> > The customer uses an external mail distributor that runs
> > mail systems for a lot of companies. They claim that nobody else has
> > reported a similar problem.
> > I administrate
>
> !! That isn't a word. You administer. :)
>
> > an exchange 2003 server for our company. This server
> > stands in the LAN and SMTP port 25 is ported through NAT to the
> > server. The customer has tried to telnet from his side with his PC
> > and this goes OK. But when he tries it from the server with telnet,
> > he can't get it through. He runs the command "telnet domain.no 25. He
> > then gets an answer after about 30 sec.
> > I have checked the logs and get the customers IP in my SMTP log and
> > just the quit command. An ordinary mail that goes through has EHLO,
> > MAIL, RCPT and QUIT instances in the log. I have also checked that it
> > is no filtering that stopping the messages and we don't have any
> > external filters. What could be wrong?
> > Thanks in advance
>
> What's your domain name?
>
>
>

>
>> Do they get an NDR?

> No, after what I have understood they don't get a NDR because the
> message doesn't get to our exchange server, it just goes to a QUIT
> command in SMTP. There is no trace in exchange log, and in our SMTP
> log there is just this post:
> 08:51:36 195.134.48.88 QUIT - 240
>
> For a while ago I set up the tar pit feature with a value 5 sec. in
> the registry, but I have changed this back to test if this is the
> problem, but it wasn't. It is now set back to 5 sec. again.
>
>> What's your domain name?
> Our domain is ista.no

>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> In news:FC782215-E4AB-4F23-B576-292A454BDD28@microsoft.com,
>> George <Geo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>> Problem getting mail from one customer but everybody else get
>>> through.
>>
>> Do they get an NDR?
>>
>>> The customer uses an external mail distributor that runs
>>> mail systems for a lot of companies. They claim that nobody else has
>>> reported a similar problem.
>>> I administrate
>>
>> !! That isn't a word. You administer. :)
>>
>>> an exchange 2003 server for our company. This server
>>> stands in the LAN and SMTP port 25 is ported through NAT to the
>>> server. The customer has tried to telnet from his side with his PC
>>> and this goes OK. But when he tries it from the server with telnet,
>>> he can't get it through. He runs the command "telnet domain.no 25.
>>> He then gets an answer after about 30 sec.
>>> I have checked the logs and get the customers IP in my SMTP log and
>>> just the quit command. An ordinary mail that goes through has EHLO,
>>> MAIL, RCPT and QUIT instances in the log. I have also checked that
>>> it is no filtering that stopping the messages and we don't have any
>>> external filters. What could be wrong?
>>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> What's your domain name?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> In news:FC782215-E4AB-4F23-B576-292A454BDD28@microsoft.com,
> George <Geo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > Problem getting mail from one customer but everybody else get
> > through.
>
> Do they get an NDR?
>
> > The customer uses an external mail distributor that runs
> > mail systems for a lot of companies. They claim that nobody else has
> > reported a similar problem.
> > I administrate
>
> !! That isn't a word. You administer. :)
>
> > an exchange 2003 server for our company. This server
> > stands in the LAN and SMTP port 25 is ported through NAT to the
> > server. The customer has tried to telnet from his side with his PC
> > and this goes OK. But when he tries it from the server with telnet,
> > he can't get it through. He runs the command "telnet domain.no 25. He
> > then gets an answer after about 30 sec.
> > I have checked the logs and get the customers IP in my SMTP log and
> > just the quit command. An ordinary mail that goes through has EHLO,
> > MAIL, RCPT and QUIT instances in the log. I have also checked that it
> > is no filtering that stopping the messages and we don't have any
> > external filters. What could be wrong?
> > Thanks in advance
>
> What's your domain name?
>
>
>

>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> administrate
> Verb
> [-trating, -trated] to manage an organization
>
> Since I can't find the solution to my problem, I was reading post
> after post... and just thought I should set the record straight on
> this one :Þ
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> In news:FC782215-E4AB-4F23-B576-292A454BDD28@microsoft.com,
>> George <Geo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>> Problem getting mail from one customer but everybody else get
>>> through.
>>
>> Do they get an NDR?
>>
>>> The customer uses an external mail distributor that runs
>>> mail systems for a lot of companies. They claim that nobody else has
>>> reported a similar problem.
>>> I administrate
>>
>> !! That isn't a word. You administer. :)
>>
>>> an exchange 2003 server for our company. This server
>>> stands in the LAN and SMTP port 25 is ported through NAT to the
>>> server. The customer has tried to telnet from his side with his PC
>>> and this goes OK. But when he tries it from the server with telnet,
>>> he can't get it through. He runs the command "telnet domain.no 25.
>>> He then gets an answer after about 30 sec.
>>> I have checked the logs and get the customers IP in my SMTP log and
>>> just the quit command. An ordinary mail that goes through has EHLO,
>>> MAIL, RCPT and QUIT instances in the log. I have also checked that
>>> it is no filtering that stopping the messages and we don't have any
>>> external filters. What could be wrong?
>>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> What's your domain name?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> Kelly Armitage wrote:
> > Not to be too picky, but "administrate" is most definately an
> > *ENGLISH* word which means "to administer".
> >
> > ad·min·is·trate (d-mn-strt)
> > tr.v. ad·min·is·trat·ed, ad·min·is·trat·ing, ad·min·is·trates
> > To administer.
> >
> > The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
> > Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003.
> > Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
>
> Heh. Well, you're right - and I just looked it up, and it's apparently an
> old construction. However, I like being a crank, so I'm sticking by my guns.
> Anyway, I had a college English professor who dismissively referred to that
> tome as "...the spurious American Heritage dictionary."  What about
> commentator? Does a commentator commentate?
>
>
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > administrate
> > Verb
> > [-trating, -trated] to manage an organization
> >
> > Since I can't find the solution to my problem, I was reading post
> > after post... and just thought I should set the record straight on
> > this one :Þ
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> >
> >> In news:FC782215-E4AB-4F23-B576-292A454BDD28@microsoft.com,
> >> George <Geo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> >>> Problem getting mail from one customer but everybody else get
> >>> through.
> >>
> >> Do they get an NDR?
> >>
> >>> The customer uses an external mail distributor that runs
> >>> mail systems for a lot of companies. They claim that nobody else has
> >>> reported a similar problem.
> >>> I administrate
> >>
> >> !! That isn't a word. You administer. :)
> >>
> >>> an exchange 2003 server for our company. This server
> >>> stands in the LAN and SMTP port 25 is ported through NAT to the
> >>> server. The customer has tried to telnet from his side with his PC
> >>> and this goes OK. But when he tries it from the server with telnet,
> >>> he can't get it through. He runs the command "telnet domain.no 25.
> >>> He then gets an answer after about 30 sec.
> >>> I have checked the logs and get the customers IP in my SMTP log and
> >>> just the quit command. An ordinary mail that goes through has EHLO,
> >>> MAIL, RCPT and QUIT instances in the log. I have also checked that
> >>> it is no filtering that stopping the messages and we don't have any
> >>> external filters. What could be wrong?
> >>> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> What's your domain name?
>
>
>
>

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Kelly Armitage wrote:
>>> Not to be too picky, but "administrate" is most definately an
>>> *ENGLISH* word which means "to administer".
>>>
>>> ad·min·is·trate (d-mn-strt)
>>> tr.v. ad·min·is·trat·ed, ad·min·is·trat·ing, ad·min·is·trates
>>> To administer.
>>>
>>> The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
>>> Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in
>>> 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
>>
>> Heh. Well, you're right - and I just looked it up, and it's
>> apparently an old construction. However, I like being a crank, so
>> I'm sticking by my guns. Anyway, I had a college English professor
>> who dismissively referred to that tome as "...the spurious American
>> Heritage dictionary."  What about commentator? Does a commentator
>> commentate?
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> administrate
>>> Verb
>>> [-trating, -trated] to manage an organization
>>>
>>> Since I can't find the solution to my problem, I was reading post
>>> after post... and just thought I should set the record straight on
>>> this one :Þ
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> In news:FC782215-E4AB-4F23-B576-292A454BDD28@microsoft.com,
>>>> George <Geo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>>>> Problem getting mail from one customer but everybody else get
>>>>> through.
>>>>
>>>> Do they get an NDR?
>>>>
>>>>> The customer uses an external mail distributor that runs
>>>>> mail systems for a lot of companies. They claim that nobody else
>>>>> has reported a similar problem.
>>>>> I administrate
>>>>
>>>> !! That isn't a word. You administer. :)
>>>>
>>>>> an exchange 2003 server for our company. This server
>>>>> stands in the LAN and SMTP port 25 is ported through NAT to the
>>>>> server. The customer has tried to telnet from his side with his PC
>>>>> and this goes OK. But when he tries it from the server with
>>>>> telnet, he can't get it through. He runs the command "telnet
>>>>> domain.no 25. He then gets an answer after about 30 sec.
>>>>> I have checked the logs and get the customers IP in my SMTP log
>>>>> and just the quit command. An ordinary mail that goes through has
>>>>> EHLO, MAIL, RCPT and QUIT instances in the log. I have also
>>>>> checked that it is no filtering that stopping the messages and we
>>>>> don't have any external filters. What could be wrong?
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> What's your domain name?

"leapy" <m**@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwe***@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:uJTsETDcJHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Kelly Armitage wrote:
>>> hmmm wouldn't a commentator commentate?
>>>
>>> Maybe it's because I am Canadian :)
>>
>> I'd think a commentator commented, but maybe that's because I'm a crank.
>> <g>
>>>
>
> well, back here in the old country an administrator administrates and a
> priest administers. A commentator could commentate and comment: he/she
> would commentate on the horserace but comment on the hats in the audience.