Yes, I can telnet without the error inside my firewall, but need to test the connection as it comes through the smtp proxy on my watchguard firewall.
Bill From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: remotely testing smtp Can you log on to your mail server and telnet to localhost? ________________________________ From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: remotely testing smtp Close, but it won't let me put in invalid data. The error I'm trying to track down is: "Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname" I think it is coming from a blank or non-existent RCPT TO: field My ISP is claiming their stand-in is getting these bounced back to them when they relay for us and my server is bouncing the message. They say it is creating a loop. If I could see what was bouncing and why, I could try to configure it to drop instead of bounce. Bill From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: remotely testing smtp Ive used this. http://www.zoneedit.com/smtp.html From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: remotely testing smtp Does anybody know of a website/service that I can use to start an SMTP session remotely? My ISP is claiming certain responses from my mail server and I would like to verify it. I tried telneting in from home but my home ISP blocks traffic on port 25. I can't test from inside my firewall because my firewall provides SMTP proxy which is probably the culprit. But my question is, without trying out all of my friend's ISPs until one lets me through, is there a service I can use to open a SMTP session from my desk and have it run commands and show me a session log? Legitimate mail won't work because I need to send a non-compliant mail that will bounce to verify the error. Some sort of proxy terminal on the web somewhere would work just fine. Thanks for any ideas Bill ************************************************************************ ************************** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ************************************************************************ ************************** ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
