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E-mail suddenly gone missing

Running ASG 220 v7.402 using SMTP for E-mail. Several users have complained that they are not receiving E-mails from outside sources. I tested with one of the outside sources and we can receive no E-mail from them unless we add them to the exception list (currently excluding ALL tests). What's strange is there is no log at all of a connection attempt from the outside mail server in the SMTP log. It's like the delivery attempt was never made - or Astaro ignored it completely. Ideas? Thanks.

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0 BAlfson over 16 years ago

What message does the sender receive in the non-delivery notification?

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0 white94cobra over 16 years ago in reply to BAlfson

What message does the sender receive in the non-delivery notification?

They do not receive any indication that the delivery failed. We just tested again and I can see the internal->external E-mail being delivered in our SMTP log, but his response is no where to be found.
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0 BAlfson over 16 years ago in reply to white94cobra

It may take two days, depending on their mail server. Can you ask the admin of the other mail server what he sees?

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0 white94cobra over 16 years ago in reply to BAlfson

I checked with the other individual I tested with a few weeks ago. I sent them E-mails every other day for about a week but never got a reply. I finally called to see why they were ignoring me and they indicated they replied to every E-mail. We then started testing and only when I added them to the exceptions list did the E-mails start coming through. No logs at all on our end and no NDR on their end. We tested over two weeks ago and they never received an NDR.
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0 BAlfson over 16 years ago in reply to white94cobra

No NDR? - that shouldn't be. It would be interesting to eliminate exception items one by one until the exception failed so we could see if a single exception worked. I would expect RDNS/HELO or Dialup Host Check, but that should be in the log. Very strange unless the other mail server is mis-configured.

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0 white94cobra over 16 years ago in reply to BAlfson

We sent sequences of test E-mails, adding an exclude each time. It turns out it was Greylisting causing the issue. With it enabled we don't get the E-mails and there is nothing in the SMTP log. With Greylisting disabled we get the E-mails (in fact all of the prior failed tests came in within a minute or so). Once we identified Greylisting, we tested multiple times with it on/off. Each time it was on we received no E-mails.

Greylisting is now turned off.
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0 BAlfson over 16 years ago in reply to white94cobra

If the other server is Exchange, ask them if the emails reappear when they restart the SMTP service. Still, it's strange that the Astaroo's SMTP logs didn't show the greylisting...

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0 white94cobra over 16 years ago in reply to BAlfson

If the other server is Exchange, ask them if the emails reappear when they restart the SMTP service.  Still, it's strange that the Astaroo's SMTP logs didn't show the greylisting...

Cheers - Bob

I'm not sure I follow...  The other server as in the outside recipient's server?  E-mails reappear as in the NDR shows up?

After turning off Greylisting we have had a few other employees indicate they are suddenly getting E-mails from outside sources they thought were ignoring them.  The problem was not isolated to one or two organizations.

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0 BAlfson over 16 years ago in reply to white94cobra

Apparently, some installations of Exchange 2003 R2 have had this problem. FWIW, I also turn Greylisting off for all of my clients, although I know some very smart people here who swear by it.

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0 BAlfson over 16 years ago in reply to white94cobra

Apparently, some installations of Exchange 2003 R2 have had this problem. FWIW, I also turn Greylisting off for all of my clients, although I know some very smart people here who swear by it.

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0 rxjules over 16 years ago in reply to BAlfson

Apparently, some installations of Exchange 2003 R2 have had this problem. FWIW, I also turn Greylisting off for all of my clients, although I know some very smart people here who swear by it.

Cheers -Bob

Hi,

There is a bug in Exchange server 2003 related to greylisting. We had the same issues and followed Microsoft KB950757.

E-mail senders do not receive an indication that some messages have been held by Exchange Server 2003 until the SMTP service, the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service, or the Exchange server is restarted

You can apply this patch to your system, but I think it would difficult to tell administrators of other domains sending you emails that they need to patch theirs as well. You only option is to turn off greylisting completely or add those domains having trouble to your exception list.

Take care, Julio
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0 BrucekConvergent over 16 years ago in reply to rxjules

I've found Greylisting to be unnecessary for my customers; it's just too problematic to implement.. Not Astaro's fault, the mechanism itself just causes problems with some remote mail systems. The CommTouch and RBL lookups seem to be doing a good job.

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