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I have an ISA server, today I got calls that users,they can browse, receive mails but they cannot send mails via MS outlook. When I tried to use the Microsoft Outlook on a PC connected to the Internet using a real IP address I could send and receive mails, so everything is Ok in my LAN and the ISP, I checked the ISA server, nothing wrong with it I think, the services are running, I rebooted the ISA server yet still the same, I am not that good in ISA, any help?
NB: I didnt make any changes in the ISA server.

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by cg it

you need to clarify just what's going on and what type of mail service the network is using. PoP3? SMTP? X400? their own Exchange Server? or their ISP's email. Your problem may not be related to ISA server at all [which is nothing more than a very configurable firewall/router] but your mail service provider and/or your mail server if you have one.

When you say you send out email using a "real" IP address what does that mean?

by cg it

Again, please explain what connect to the internet with real IP means and what you do to connect to the internet. Do you bypass ISA server? Do you reconfigure your web browser? Do you disable the ISA firewall client?
Also, is your ISA server connected to a W2K AD network? IF so, are user accounts and computer accounts access to the internet controlled by Group Policy?
Another question is can you open the ISA server management console on the ISA server? If so, under Access Policy, IP packet filters, expand IP packet filters and you should have one for PoP3. Double click the PoP3 filter to open the properties sheet. Down at the lower left corner is an "Enable this Filter" box. That should have a check mark. Also verify that the filter type is predefined POP3 TCP IP protocol inbound fixed port 110 remote port=all ports. You also need to verify that on the local coupter page of the PoP3 filter property page that "Default IP address on the external interface" is checked OR that the "ISA server's external IP address is checked AND the correct IP address is listed in the box.
Another area to look at is how your user mail program [Outlook, Outlook Express, [or whatever mail program your using for PoP3 mail] is configured. Are the client programs configured properly.
Further, Has anyone made a change in Group Policy recently? IF so, did they change the Internet Users OU that ISA server uses to determine if a user or groups of users are allowed internet access from the LAN. You can view this group and/or change/add/delete groups/ OU's/or individual users from within ISA server. Site & Content Rules under Access Policy and Protocol Rules under Access Policy can be configured to allow/deny users/groups/OU's access to the internet. Verify that users/groups/OU's who are authorized internet access are listed here.
Further, You might want to just reboot restart ISA server services. Gods know but something just might have gotten stuck or an error happened and a reboot mi

by cg it

Have you checked the Event Viewer, applications for any ISA server errors? If there are errors listed what are they?

by sameh fouad

Our mail is hosted in the ISP, we are using POP3, and we are using MS outlook as a mail client.
When I connect to the Internet using a PC with real IP address, there is no problem. The problem appears when I connect through the ISA server. Note that I didnt change anything in the ISA server settings for a long time now.

by curacao_dejavu

hmm,
seems like ATT, or maybe a similar isp.
I have had big problems with ATT regarding their abillity for support of their system using a lan.

Since you can browse, etc on the internet I would exclude your setup as the problem.

If sending email is the only thing that you are not able to do I would suggest to install a smtp server (built in w2k) in your lan , which would allow you to sent email. (the smtp setting in the mail client has to become the internal ip of the smtp server).
Or a other option is to install exchange 2000 and host the whole email in your company.

Leopold

by curacao_dejavu

smtp uses protocol 25.
check in the isa management, protocol rules if there is you gave access to smtp.

enable the logs in the monitoring configuration.
http://tinyurl.com/yc9t

check in the evntviewer if you see any error message.
who is your provider ? like I said hopefully not AT&T.

if it the mail is not going out , they should receive an error message, whats the error message. ??

keep us posted

by sameh fouad

This problem happened just today, the same ISA server was working fine till just today, why you are giving me other solutions, I wanna know what could happened, if something happened with the port that smtp uses or something, I dont wanna install a mail server or else I would do it from the very beggining, right?

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