server sbs exchange issue. Pls help

janesssssy · 14 Aug 2007 at 11:55

I have a server 2003 sbs server setup.

server is called test.local (for example)
Email domainname is: test.co.uk

Exchange is running off a bop box which is at test.co.uk

Exchange is setup and working. however there is 1 issue.

When a user emails one of those pop boxes which he wants to pick up from home, we will call it [email protected] when at work its bounces straight away saying that the email account does not exist. It does work as i can check it from my account at home etc.

For some reason the email is going to the local server and then not get fired to the test.co.uk server. I understand that there is no user in Active directory call home, but it should be directed to the ISP (test.co.uk)

Any insight? DNS issue (i have created an A record in the forward to Mail.213.*.*.* but this hasnt changed anything.

Thanks

janesssssy · 14 Aug 2007 at 13:09

yeah thats what i thought, How do i forward it to test.co.uk. It will just bounce in and around the .local server. All ready tried that one.

the error changes from "the email does not exist" to "there is a problem with email being redirected from one server to the other"

oddjob62 said:
You're best off forwarding to an external email address.

the external address is [email protected]

janesssssy · 14 Aug 2007 at 21:47

Its a fast host account with 2 pop addresses.

the exchange is pulling down the root account but the user wants to email the 2nd pop account, However the emails are not leaving the server to the second pop account.

janesssssy · 15 Aug 2007 at 13:21

To the above post, thanks for your input but this is all known stuff.
I dont need help on how an exchange works just a problem that i have with it.

Exchange can be run using pop connectors in which this company does.

janesssssy · 15 Aug 2007 at 13:22

oddjob62 said:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321721/

And we have a winner

thanks all sorted

janesssssy · 16 Aug 2007 at 17:56

Git one more little question.

are the notepad files in the:

C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA

temp files ?
now the damn server has run out of hard drive space and obviously aint working. the notepad files account for 40GB of space.

cheers

- trust me, i have searched and search but still havnt found a conclusive answer