Question : SBS2008  - Exchange not receiving emails

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help, I've configured Exchange using the SBS2008 Internet Address Management wizard in exactly the way outlined here:

http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/10/16/introducing-the-internet-address-management-wizard-part-2-of-3.aspx

I don't use one of the approved domains (GoDaddy etc.), so I opted to manage the domain name manually, following the steps outlined in scenario 2b, with my domain's MX record pointing at my fixed IP address.

Unfortunately, I can send emails from my mailboxes but not receive them. I have opened the relevant ports on my router and am a bit stumped. The test gmail account I send from gets the following bounce-back message:

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This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.

Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed:

    [email protected]

Message will be retried for 1 more day(s)

Technical details of temporary failure:
The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect. Learn more at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7720
[mail.mydomain.com. (10): Connection timed out]

----- Original message -----

MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.204.162.133 with SMTP id v5mr3904bkx.60.1274027213851; Sun, 16
       May 2010 09:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
Sender: [email protected]
Received: by 10.204.36.214 with HTTP; Sun, 16 May 2010 09:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <FF44A31479A9FD4CA010B89897FC90E803A6DFEFCB18@MYSBSSERVER.mydomain.local>
References: <FF44A31479A9FD4CA010B89897FC90E803A6DFEFCB18@MYSBSSERVER.mydomain.local>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 17:26:53 +0100
X-Google-Sender-Auth: Lc7JEo0eGRFVma9xcrI3Bo_R-aw
Message-ID: <AANLkTik0jVbwoqgvWssZIn09gfPQCKLQ9GQBlT6qe-vb@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: TEST
From: My Name < [email protected] >
To: My Name < [email protected] >
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00032555502a840b8c0486b8937f

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If anyone can offer any advice on why it's not working and where to go from here I'd be very grateful.

Many thanks

Karl

Answer : SBS2008  - Exchange not receiving emails

Karl
Can you run a small test.

Open your gmail account and try adding your company email-address as a POP3 account.

Also go here
www.mxtoolbox.com and run SMTP diagnostics and other tests.

Also you can go here to test your exchange email connectivity.
https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/

Thanks
Sunny