In windows 2003 environment
I have a domain name X, that let?s say is pointing to 1.1.1.1
I have created an MX record mail.X.com that let?s say is pointing to 1.1.1.2
I have installed a POP3 server, created a domain X and 3 mail boxes under the domain (a,b,c) creating a user for each of the mail boxes.
The domain X was created correctly under IIS>SMTP Virtual Server.
I create each of the account in Outlook Express, where:
the email address and reply address are ?a@x.com?, ?b@x.com? and ?c@x.com?
the POP3 server and SMTP server are mail.x.com
the user names are ?a@x.com?, ?b@x.com? and ?c@x.com?, with their respective passwords
The question are :
1 – I don?t seem to be able to send any mail from the box, get an error saying the server can not relay for ?xxxx@us.ibm.com?, or ?yyyy@gmail.com?, which are the recipients of email I’m trying to send
2 ? looking for answers I went to check the box event viewer, for my surprise I was getting 100s of warning messages every minute from the SMTPSVC as the following:
Message delivery to the host ‘60.199.200.124’ failed while delivering to the remote domain ‘sun.net.tw’ for the following reason: The connection was dropped by the remote host.
Message delivery to the host ‘163.24.70.140’ failed while delivering to the remote domain ‘mail.cdes.ptc.edu.tw’ for the following reason: The remote server did not respond to a connection attempt.
?.. hundreds of these
I don?t know who these senders are, is this normal?
3 ? Then I went to check the badmail folder, I fond almost a 1000000 files sitting in the directory and another 500000 waiting on the queue. I don?t have an open relay SMTP, is this normal?
Thanks for any hints, help or recommendation. At this point I have the SMTP service turn off, I have ran out of ideas where to go next.
Again Thanks in advance. Regards Sanddy