Can't send or receive mail from my mail server

sina2011

hey everyone

I have abit of a problem I have setup a exchange server at home (for testing purposes only) I have done all the neccessary setup requirements I'am not going to get into that,my problem is that I cant send or receive email from my exchange server.

I later Realised my ISP Blocks port 25 so I signed up with this service called mail reflector from no-ip.com I followed the instructions on the link and even changed the port number for smtp as well but still couldn't send or receive.

This is the link to the instructions I followed:
Blocked Port 25? .. Mail on a Non-Standard Port

Just to give you guys more info I have also created send and receive connectors as well,and the type of accessing my exchange server is through OWA.

any tips or hints would be appreciated.


Thanks.

undomiel

So you've configured your receive connector for a port other than 25 and configured no-ip.com to send to that port. Skimming through that documentation it looks like there is a verification process to make sure no-ip can communicate with your server. Did you pass that test? Do you have anonymous access configured for that receive connector? If all of those tests passed did you make sure your MX records were setup correctly? mail1.no-ip.com and mail2.no-ip.com and nothing else.

As to your being unable to send e-mail are you setup to run through a smart host? If your ISP is filtering port 25 they're probably stopping outgoing as well as incoming so you'll need to go through an alternate port and that would require a smart host. I don't see any mention in that guide of whether no-ip.com has smart hosting available or not so you'll want to research into that.