For archive purposes, it was a DNS issue.  ISP had new DNS server info,
this did the trick.  Thanks, Scott.


> We had a similar problem last week - we could receive mail from anybody and
> send mail to most domains, but there were a number of domains we couldn't.
> Our problem turned out to be a black hole router at an upstream provider.
> 
> You might check this article for a good lead:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q159211
> 
> Aloha,
> 
> -Ben-
> Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3
> Director of Information Services
> Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
> http://www.hawaiilawyer.com
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Razler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 7:45 AM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: RE: Host Unreachable
> > 
> > 
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> > 
> > 
> >     OK.  telnet mail.spectra.ca 25 works fine.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Robert J. Razler, Esq.
> > Approvals Manager
> > Heritage Building Group, Inc.
> > Suite A-100
> > 3326 Old York Road
> > Furlong, PA 18925
> > 215.794.0550, ext. 117
> > www.heritagebuildinggroup.com
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > PGP Public Keys available at:
> > http://www.razler.com/PGPKey.htm
> > 
> > - -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of 
> > Atkinson, Daniel
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:38 AM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: RE: Host Unreachable
> > 
> > Forget the ping, it may well be discarded by a firewall. 
> > Telnet to the remote mailserver on port 25 by typing this 
> > into the command line...
> > 
> > telnet mail.spectra.ca 25
> > 
> > if that fails try....
> > 
> > telnet 24.85.12.237 25
> > 
> > if that works, look at your DNS. If it fails, phone your ISP.
> > 
> > Dan.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > - -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Force [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> > Sent: 26 March 2002 16:29
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: RE: Host Unreachable
> > 
> > I'm not at the site where I can ping from the Exchange server 
> > but I will give that a shot this afternoon.  I have been 
> > having some intermitant DNS issues so that must be it.  
> > Thanks to all that replied.  Scott.
> > 
> > 
> > > I can get there from here.
> > > See if you can telnet to their mail server 
> > (mail.spectra.ca) FROM the 
> > > exchange server. If you cant, you probably have some DNS issues.
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Scott Force [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 7:48 AM
> > > To: Exchange Discussions
> > > Subject: Host Unreachable
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Good Morning,
> > >      I'm running Exchange 5.5/4 (NT4.0/6a).  I'm having problems 
> > > sending e-mail to a specific domain, spectra.ca or 
> > > spectraesolutions.com.  Any e-mail to those domains sits in my IMS 
> > > outbound queue.  They can send to
> > me
> > > but when I reply I run into the same problem.  I've contacted the 
> > > admin of that domain and he told me they are running 
> > Exchange 2000 and 
> > > they are not requiring reverse DNS lookup.  Any thoughts?
> > > 
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