You are focusing on a wrong issue. Don't get obsessed with routing groups. The real issue is most likely with DNS.
Is your Exchange server registered with Active Directory's DNS? Is your DNS using root hints or forwarders to some other DNS servers? Does your DNS have a DOT zone (zone name looks like a single dot ".")? If you got the DOT zone, you will have to remove it, otherwise your DNS "thinks" that it is the top of the world. >From your exchange server, can you do NSLOOKUP and correctly resolve the MX records of the Internet domain names to which you are trying to send mail? Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -----Original Message----- From: John Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 1:47 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Routing Goups query It's not that. I cannot send any mail out from the box. and the only difference I see between the non working server, and the working server is that the non working server has routing groups whereas the working one has connectors. That is why I was looking at the routing groups issue. John Parker, MCSE IS Admin. Senior Technical Specialist Digital Display Systems. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Be excellent to each other" ---End of Line--- -----Original Message----- From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 12:42 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Routing Goups query Go to the properties of the organization (the top-most item in the ESM's left pane) and change the settings to not display admin groups and routing groups. But why do you hate seeing the routing groups so much anyway? Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -----Original Message----- From: John Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 1:00 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Routing Goups query I only have one exchange server here at work, yet I do not have routing groups. At least under the first admin group. I have: servers, connectors, and folders At home I have: Servers, routing groups, and folders. Is this anywhere close to why I cannot send mail with the home system? John Parker, MCSE IS Admin. Senior Technical Specialist Digital Display Systems. Alpha Video 7711 Computer Ave. Edina, MN. 55435 952-896-9898 Local 800-388-0008 Watts 952-896-9899 Fax 612-804-8769 Cell 952-841-3327 Direct [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Be excellent to each other" ---End of Line--- -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:09 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Routing Goups query All Exchange servers are a member of a routing group. With only one server you only have 1 routing group, so the server directly communicates with all other servers in the routing group (e.g. itself). -----Original Message----- From: John Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:59 AM Posted To: swynk Conversation: Postmaster question Subject: Routing Goups query I am having an issue with a fresh Ex2K install. Somehow the system is using routing groups under the first admin group. I do not want to use routing groups. I only have one sever. Where do I make the change to lose the routing groups option? If I have to reinstall, so be it. But I would rather not. Thanks ahead of time. John Parker, MCSE IS Admin. Senior Technical Specialist Digital Display Systems. Alpha Video 7711 Computer Ave. Edina, MN. 55435 952-896-9898 Local 800-388-0008 Watts 952-896-9899 Fax 612-804-8769 Cell 952-841-3327 Direct [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Be excellent to each other" ---End of Line--- -----Original Message----- From: Lawrence, Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Postmaster question On this same issue, and out of curiosity, what are your general policies about reading the NDR's attachments to determine troubleshooting steps? Thank you, Mitchell D. Lawrence **<Good|Cheap|Fast> (Pick Two)** -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Postmaster question Go to Servers-> your server -> Protocols -> SMTP -> Default SMTP server. Right click and select properties. Then go to the Messages tab. In the box that says "Send copies of Non-Delivery Receipts" put in the address you wish -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry J. Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 4:07 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Postmaster question Silly question but I cannot find what I am looking for. I have postmaster set up to goto my mailbox but I am not getting anything to it. I even send a mail to a known bad address and I never get anything to postmaster. Where in exchange 2k do I find how to turn this on if its not on by default. 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