Email Server

Hello,
I just configured a mail server using mail enable the same way I did before on another server which works correctly. The server I just configured receives emails ok but does not send any out.  The emails just get queued and have an error of "The socket connection to the remote host failed.  The host was either not contactable or rejected your connection."

Im new to server admin.  How can I fix my problem?

Thanks!

Solution: Email Server

Before you do anything, just check, if you do not (or do, if desired) SmartHost all mail to your ISP's mail server. Check in MailEnable under Properties of SMTP Connector in Smart Host tab. If you have SmartHosting enabled, maybe your smarthost server does not allow you to relay.
 
If this is not the case, then you may try manually connecting from this server (which you installed MailEnable on) to some exact recipient via TELNET.

So, open Comand prompt (run "cmd") and then type in "telnet" and you are in Telnet prompt. Then:

1.) First, try to connect to your own MailEnable server:

o mail.yourMachineDomain.com 25

Your MailEnable server should respond with 220 code and Welcome message. If this is the case, you may type "quit", since your mail server responds.

2.) then try connecting to your ISP (or any other known) mail server:

o mail.yourISPprovider.com 25

Same as above, your ISP's mail server should respond with 220 code and Welcome message. If this is OK, then you may proceed sending mail out to the problematic mail address, by continuing with the following commands:

HELO yourname
MAIL FROM: your.legitimate@email.address
RCPT TO: problematic@recipient.com
DATA: type some mail content
when finished, press ENTER, then dot "." and ENTER again
finish with QUIT

If everything is properly opened and connection not blocked, you should connunicate with recipient's mail server without problems. But if you still get an error, report back with error.