Hello,
I have an exchange 5.5 server with SP4 installed. All patches installed, too.
My ISP keeps a backup of the received messages while my Exchange Mail server is offline. The ISP sends the messages to the Mail Server when it is becomes available.
The Problem
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Today 2/04/2002 a user complained that he received a message from a hotmail account that was sent on Thu 5 Jul 2001. Actually the message header displayed the following:
Received:
from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with
Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 5 Jul 2001
13:13:51 -0700
Received:
from 194.30.248.3 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com
with HTTP; Thu, 05 Jul 2001 20:13:51 GMT
X-Originating-IP:
[194.30.248.3]
Does it mean that my MAIL SERVER received this message a year ago? What caused the late delivery to the client?
The user said that he uses Netscape and connects with POP3 (everyday) to the mail server. Also, he has not enabled any “leave messages at server option”. He said that he accesses the messages only from his computer.
What happened
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Yesterday, we faced a serious problem with exchangeserver and we had to restart at least 6 times in row. It crashed – SERVER hangup! I checked my log files with event viewer and it reported that my exchange had lost connection with my primary domain controller and could not log in but this problem is normal.
Obviously Exchange reset something inside that caused that old mail to pop up (from queue? – I do not know).
Is it possible that the message was sent by my backup ISP service?
Is it possible that SENDERS PC DATE/TIME WAS WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE? Can this cause a problem?
I had the same problem with Exchange 5.0, 2 years ago.
Thanks in advance.