"jmac955i" wrote:

> Hello-
>
> We are unable to relay email to an office in England.  They CAN send to us. 
> I am using Exchange 2003 and a Windows 2003 server.  I am also using Mail
> Essentials for Exchange 11.  I'm not and expert at either one...learning as i
> go! 
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> Thanks,
> James

"jmac955i" wrote:

> sorry...forgot to add the NDR
> There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server. 
> Please contact your system administrator.
>             <%domain name% #5.5.0 smtp;553 sorry, that domain isn't in my
> list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)>
>
>
>
> "jmac955i" wrote:
>
> > Hello-
> >
> > We are unable to relay email to an office in England.  They CAN send to us. 
> > I am using Exchange 2003 and a Windows 2003 server.  I am also using Mail
> > Essentials for Exchange 11.  I'm not and expert at either one...learning as i
> > go! 
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> > Thanks,
> > James

"Loay Olabi" wrote:

> did you try to troubleshoot the connection between your server and England
> office!?
> try to telnet port 25 from your server to england office.
> check if there is any DNS issue!
> --
> Loay Olabi
> MCSA, MCSE
> Website: http://www.olabinet.net
> Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay
>
>
> "jmac955i" wrote:
>
> > sorry...forgot to add the NDR
> > There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server. 
> > Please contact your system administrator.
> >             <%domain name% #5.5.0 smtp;553 sorry, that domain isn't in my
> > list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)>
> >
> >
> >
> > "jmac955i" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello-
> > >
> > > We are unable to relay email to an office in England.  They CAN send to us. 
> > > I am using Exchange 2003 and a Windows 2003 server.  I am also using Mail
> > > Essentials for Exchange 11.  I'm not and expert at either one...learning as i
> > > go! 
> > > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> > > Thanks,
> > > James

"jmac955i" wrote:

> Thanks for the response Loay.  Never used telnet.  Before i ask you for
> details on how to use it, I have another comment to add.
> It may be a dns issue.  I recently demoted a dc in my location the ran dhcp
> and dns.  After the demotion, computers with dynamic ip addresses were
> picking up their dns from an old server that I forgot was running dhcp. This
> was causing a list of other problems.  When i found this server, i
> uninstalled dhcp and dns.  I also pointed the prim and sec dns to the correct
> servers and the problem was resolved.
> Do i need to contact the ISP in UK and tell them anything?  Sorry I'm not
> more specific, but i'm learning as i go.
>
> James
>
> "Loay Olabi" wrote:
>
> > did you try to troubleshoot the connection between your server and England
> > office!?
> > try to telnet port 25 from your server to england office.
> > check if there is any DNS issue!
> > --
> > Loay Olabi
> > MCSA, MCSE
> > Website: http://www.olabinet.net
> > Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay
> >
> >
> > "jmac955i" wrote:
> >
> > > sorry...forgot to add the NDR
> > > There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server. 
> > > Please contact your system administrator.
> > >             <%domain name% #5.5.0 smtp;553 sorry, that domain isn't in my
> > > list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "jmac955i" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello-
> > > >
> > > > We are unable to relay email to an office in England.  They CAN send to us. 
> > > > I am using Exchange 2003 and a Windows 2003 server.  I am also using Mail
> > > > Essentials for Exchange 11.  I'm not and expert at either one...learning as i
> > > > go! 
> > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > James

"Loay Olabi" wrote:

> Here is a great article about how to user telnet to troubleshoot Exchange
> server communication.
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q153119/
> and this one, for how to use telnet to troubleshoot your dns connections
> http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Using-NSLOOKUP-DNS-Server-diagnosis.html
>
> Then I'm sure you will solve your problem :)
> --
> Loay Olabi
> MCSA, MCSE
> Website: http://www.olabinet.net
> Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay
>
>
> "jmac955i" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the response Loay.  Never used telnet.  Before i ask you for
> > details on how to use it, I have another comment to add.
> > It may be a dns issue.  I recently demoted a dc in my location the ran dhcp
> > and dns.  After the demotion, computers with dynamic ip addresses were
> > picking up their dns from an old server that I forgot was running dhcp. This
> > was causing a list of other problems.  When i found this server, i
> > uninstalled dhcp and dns.  I also pointed the prim and sec dns to the correct
> > servers and the problem was resolved.
> > Do i need to contact the ISP in UK and tell them anything?  Sorry I'm not
> > more specific, but i'm learning as i go.
> >
> > James
> >
> > "Loay Olabi" wrote:
> >
> > > did you try to troubleshoot the connection between your server and England
> > > office!?
> > > try to telnet port 25 from your server to england office.
> > > check if there is any DNS issue!
> > > --
> > > Loay Olabi
> > > MCSA, MCSE
> > > Website: http://www.olabinet.net
> > > Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay
> > >
> > >
> > > "jmac955i" wrote:
> > >
> > > > sorry...forgot to add the NDR
> > > > There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server. 
> > > > Please contact your system administrator.
> > > >             <%domain name% #5.5.0 smtp;553 sorry, that domain isn't in my
> > > > list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "jmac955i" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello-
> > > > >
> > > > > We are unable to relay email to an office in England.  They CAN send to us. 
> > > > > I am using Exchange 2003 and a Windows 2003 server.  I am also using Mail
> > > > > Essentials for Exchange 11.  I'm not and expert at either one...learning as i
> > > > > go! 
> > > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > James

"jmac955i" wrote:

> Thanks Loay..
>
> I was just starting to read one of the articles when someone came in and
> told me they were able to email the UK office today.  I sent a test myself
> and it was delivered successfully.  That's great but I'm curious to know what
> happened and how it was resolved.  Do you think there is any way to find out
> what the problem was?
>
> "Loay Olabi" wrote:
>
> > Here is a great article about how to user telnet to troubleshoot Exchange
> > server communication.
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q153119/
> > and this one, for how to use telnet to troubleshoot your dns connections
> > http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Using-NSLOOKUP-DNS-Server-diagnosis.html
> >
> > Then I'm sure you will solve your problem :)
> > --
> > Loay Olabi
> > MCSA, MCSE
> > Website: http://www.olabinet.net
> > Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay
> >
> >
> > "jmac955i" wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the response Loay.  Never used telnet.  Before i ask you for
> > > details on how to use it, I have another comment to add.
> > > It may be a dns issue.  I recently demoted a dc in my location the ran dhcp
> > > and dns.  After the demotion, computers with dynamic ip addresses were
> > > picking up their dns from an old server that I forgot was running dhcp. This
> > > was causing a list of other problems.  When i found this server, i
> > > uninstalled dhcp and dns.  I also pointed the prim and sec dns to the correct
> > > servers and the problem was resolved.
> > > Do i need to contact the ISP in UK and tell them anything?  Sorry I'm not
> > > more specific, but i'm learning as i go.
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > > "Loay Olabi" wrote:
> > >
> > > > did you try to troubleshoot the connection between your server and England
> > > > office!?
> > > > try to telnet port 25 from your server to england office.
> > > > check if there is any DNS issue!
> > > > --
> > > > Loay Olabi
> > > > MCSA, MCSE
> > > > Website: http://www.olabinet.net
> > > > Blog: http://www.olabinet.net/loay
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "jmac955i" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > sorry...forgot to add the NDR
> > > > > There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server. 
> > > > > Please contact your system administrator.
> > > > >             <%domain name% #5.5.0 smtp;553 sorry, that domain isn't in my
> > > > > list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "jmac955i" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello-
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We are unable to relay email to an office in England.  They CAN send to us. 
> > > > > > I am using Exchange 2003 and a Windows 2003 server.  I am also using Mail
> > > > > > Essentials for Exchange 11.  I'm not and expert at either one...learning as i
> > > > > > go! 
> > > > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > James