External email stuck in Categorizer

18 Mar 2006 6:06 PM

guystar

I have Exchange 2000 running , and we cannot receive external email from some
domains. Message tracking shows message in Categorizer.

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localtech

18 Mar 2006 11:26 PM

Loay Olabi

Categorizer failures are usually DNS related. run netdiag and dcdiag
on your network. check your DNS with nslookup. when categorizer has
problems doing a directory lookup, that is where email gets stuck

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Loay Olabi
MCSA, MCSE
Website: http://www.olabinet.net
Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay

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"guystar" wrote:

> I have Exchange 2000 running , and we cannot receive external email from some
> domains. Message tracking shows message in Categorizer.
> --
> localtech

19 Mar 2006 3:00 AM

guystar

I ran DCDIAG and NETDIAG and everthing is fine. Do you have ant other
suggestion?

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localtech

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"Loay Olabi" wrote:

> Categorizer failures are usually DNS related. run netdiag and dcdiag
> on your network. check your DNS with nslookup. when categorizer has
> problems doing a directory lookup, that is where email gets stuck
> --
> Loay Olabi
> MCSA, MCSE
> Website: http://www.olabinet.net
> Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay
>
>
> "guystar" wrote:
>
> > I have Exchange 2000 running , and we cannot receive external email from some
> > domains. Message tracking shows message in Categorizer.
> > --
> > localtech

23 Mar 2006 5:28 AM

Ed Crowley [MVP]

Those tools won't help you with DNS problems. If you run NSLOOKUP on your
Exchange server can you find the MX records for the domains the messages are
destined for?

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Ed Crowley
MVP - Exchange
"Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"

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"guystar" <guys***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4ABF95D3-C0BD-4A76-A4F0-A9089105DCD8@microsoft.com...
>I ran DCDIAG and NETDIAG and everthing is fine. Do you have ant other
> suggestion?
> --
> localtech
>
>
> "Loay Olabi" wrote:
>
>> Categorizer failures are usually DNS related. run netdiag and dcdiag
>> on your network. check your DNS with nslookup. when categorizer has
>> problems doing a directory lookup, that is where email gets stuck
>> --
>> Loay Olabi
>> MCSA, MCSE
>> Website: http://www.olabinet.net
>> Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay
>>
>>
>> "guystar" wrote:
>>
>> > I have Exchange 2000 running , and we cannot receive external email
>> > from some
>> > domains. Message tracking shows message in Categorizer.
>> > --
>> > localtech