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  1. JaimeLobo

    typo in email adress

    Interesting about the single quote; I have an old reference that says it should be allowed, however I noticed on this page - http://www.remote.org/jochen/mail/info/chars.html the single quote is listed as a "Maybe" character.
  2. JaimeLobo

    typo in email adress

    To answer your other question, yes an apostrophe "'" is an allowable character in an e-mail address. It's not used very often, because of possible confusion in typing (vs a "`" character. I don't really like using the "_" either, half the time it's lost when an e-mail address gets underlined...
  3. JaimeLobo

    Testing SMTP connection on new Exchange install.

    Couple of more items. I notice in the event viewer, even though the SMTP sevice says it is started, I get this error: Virtual Server Invalid Mail Queue Directory: The specified mail queue directory is not valid. Cannot start the SMTP Service. The queues do exist under the mailroot\vsi 1\...
  4. JaimeLobo

    Testing SMTP connection on new Exchange install.

    Thanks again. I did the same thing from home, got the same results. However, I turned on the max logging for the smtp sevice and this is a sample of the messages (I removed some of the repetative columns). Am I correct in assuming that the message is arriving, but not being accepted (or passed...
  5. JaimeLobo

    Testing SMTP connection on new Exchange install.

    Thanks for the info so far. I ran telnet from inside and got: 220 "new.mailserver.name" Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.211 ready at Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:53:28 -0500 Then did a dialed in to my AT&T Worldnet Account and tried to telnet and got a "Cannot Connect to Server..."...
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    Testing SMTP connection on new Exchange install.

    Background: Small network with 25 users, currently has Exchange 5.5 server running on NT SBS 4.5 with a T1 connection (static IP’s). It is being changed to a new install of Exchange 2K3 running on a new Server 2K3 and with work being done by an amateur/part-time network administrator...
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