Re: GLUG: Exchange Client headache

[Thomas Andrews <tandrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Magniola

You must find out first if the exchange server is allowing SMTP access.
There are 2 ways to do this:

1) telnet exchserver.whatever.co.za 25
You should get response like this:

Connected to exchserver.whatever.co.za.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 exchserver.whatever.co.za ESMTP Exim 3.03 #1 Tue, 08 Aug 2000 18:38:06 +0200

2) Alternatively use a port scanner like nmap:
   nmap exchserver.whatever.co.za -p 25
You should get response like this:

Starting nmap V. 2.3BETA14 by fyodor@xxxxxxxxxxxx ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on exchserver.whatever.co.za (10.1.1.1):
Port    State       Protocol  Service
25      open        tcp       smtp

If port 25 is open, then the problem is on your pc, if not you have had it :(

Mangiola Nunzio Datavia wrote:
> 
> Sorry if there was some misunderstanding but
> actually I'm having a problem sending the mail
> across the firewall. Fetching is not a problem
> any E-mail client that has POP or IMAP can do
> the trick but trying to send it thats where
> the cookie crumbles or should I say mail.