Tag: MS Exchange Server
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Testing an external mail server
There are times when I need to test the basic functionality of an external mail server (i.e. one I don’t control). Here’s a step-by-step process to perform some basic testing using telnet: Telnet to the remote server: telnet <server> 25 If it replies, you should get a response like: Trying <server>… Connected to <FQDN>. Escape character…
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MS Exchange Server routing
Our office has been using MS Exchange Server for over 18 months now and I only just now discovered that our outgoing mail has never been going through our spam/antivirus service provider – d’oh! Fortunately, this turned out to be an easy fix – all I had to do was to use MMC to go to:…