Paul,
Best if the first NIC that is installed is the external address (Also check
HOSTS file for correct IPs and names). If not, then check the KnowledgeBase
(or V5.03 or later Release Notes) and look for 'bindtoip' a registry entry
that changes how IMail uses the IPs.
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 6:54 PM
Subject: [IMail Forum] MX Connect Fail: I know my problem, how do I fix it?
> I'm moving to Win2000 and taking iMail V5 with me. I've got it installed
and
> have worked out a couple bugs. Now I'm having problems sending external
> mail. I'm getting the "MX Connect Fail" error message.
>
> I had this problem when I first installed iMail under NT 4.0. I finally
> determined that the problem relates to the fact that I have 2 NIC's in the
> machine. One is on an internal network only; the other is external. Imail
> was trying to send external mail via the internal IP NIC. I fixed it so
that
> iMail was sending external mail on the external NIC and it has been
working
> fine for well over a year now.
>
> Now I'm getting the same trouble when trying to install in Win2000. But I
> can't remember how I fixed it the first time around! Can someone remind me
> what I need to do make sure iMail is sending external mail on the external
> NIC?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul Sinclair
>
>
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