cann't send test mail

Hi,
I cann't send test mail with database mail, i get this Error:
Message
The mail could not be sent to the recipients because of the mail server
failure. (Sending Mail using Account 1 (2005-12-14T15:03:44). Exception
Message: Could not connect to mail server.
I did enable the database mail service and this service is started as well,
i am the member of sysadmin, and mssql service start under domain account and
not local system.
I did also enable mail profile for sql agent mail.
any idea what is wrong?
Thanks,
Shahin
Are you confident your SMTP mail server is working? Are you using an
IP address or server name? If using a server name, is DNS functioning,
i.e., is it resolving to the IP of the SMTP server? You can check by
going to the console of the location of your SQL Server and ping
mail.whatever.com . See if your ping returns a reply.
Shahin wrote:
> Hi,
> I cann't send test mail with database mail, i get this Error:
> Message
> The mail could not be sent to the recipients because of the mail server
> failure. (Sending Mail using Account 1 (2005-12-14T15:03:44). Exception
> Message: Could not connect to mail server.
> I did enable the database mail service and this service is started as well,
> i am the member of sysadmin, and mssql service start under domain account and
> not local system.
> I did also enable mail profile for sql agent mail.
> any idea what is wrong?
> Thanks,
> Shahin
|||Hi Corey,
Thanks for reply,
Yes iam sure that i can connect to mail server with no problem, coz i can
ping the server bouth with name and IP and with FQDN. but still no chance.
any idea?
"Corey Bunch" wrote:

> Are you confident your SMTP mail server is working? Are you using an
> IP address or server name? If using a server name, is DNS functioning,
> i.e., is it resolving to the IP of the SMTP server? You can check by
> going to the console of the location of your SQL Server and ping
> mail.whatever.com . See if your ping returns a reply.
>
> Shahin wrote:
>
|||Hmmmm...can you try another mail client, such as outlook, thunderbird,
eudora, netscape, etc.? Put in the same settings into your outgoing
SMTP area that you're using for DB Mail and try it out. Do you have
any internal firewall settings blocking port 25?
|||I think this is really a smtp issuse coz if i telnet my server on port 25 i
can not connect to server, and it is very strong coz i did diable Firewall on
my server.
anyidea?
"Shahin" wrote:
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> Hi Corey,
> Thanks for reply,
> Yes iam sure that i can connect to mail server with no problem, coz i can
> ping the server bouth with name and IP and with FQDN. but still no chance.
> any idea?
> "Corey Bunch" wrote:
|||Doesn't telnet run on port 23? Did you try a basic email client?
Shahin wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> I think this is really a smtp issuse coz if i telnet my server on port 25 i
> can not connect to server, and it is very strong coz i did diable Firewall on
> my server.
> anyidea?
> "Shahin" wrote:
|||Hi corey,
To check if a port is open or not you can telnet that port,and yes i did try
outlook express, with the same result.
Shahin.
"Corey Bunch" wrote:

> Doesn't telnet run on port 23? Did you try a basic email client?
>
> Shahin wrote:
>