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    #1

    Connect to Outgoing (SMTP) Server failed:

    I keep getting this message when testing an email profile. These same settings worked last week, and the same settings work when I try them in Outlook or Express. I'm on Exchange Server 2003, don't think anything changed there, but could have.
    Steve Wood
    See my profile on IADN

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    #2
    RE: Connect to Outgoing (SMTP) Server failed:

    The rest of the message includes "WSAECONNABORTED - Software caused connection abort while opening socket."
    which I understand refers to WINS.
    Steve Wood
    See my profile on IADN

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      #3
      Resolved-Connect to Outgoing (SMTP) Server failed:

      It was my new McAfee 8.0. If I disable the "on-access scan" the emails go through. McAfee is so good that is automatically turns on-access back on if I disable it - so I have to find the proper override.
      Steve Wood
      See my profile on IADN

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        #4
        RE: Connect to Outgoing (SMTP) Server failed:

        Hey, me again. FYI - here is the last dozen entries in the McAfee "AccessProtection.log". The files shows the bizillion times I tried to send mail from Alpha5 and it failed. The full file shows a number of times when someone was logged into my Alpha WAS application and ran a script that sent email (which also failed).

        The final solution was to add "alpha5.exe" in the McAfee Virus Console / AccessProtection / Port Blocking / Port 25.

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        3/14/2005 6:50:54 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 207.115.63.46
        3/14/2005 6:50:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 192.168.0.101
        3/14/2005 6:51:54 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 192.168.0.101
        3/14/2005 7:01:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 192.168.0.101
        3/14/2005 7:01:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 207.115.63.46
        3/14/2005 7:06:06 PM Would be blocked by behaviour blocking rule (rule is currently in warn mode) 3/14/2005 7:15:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 207.115.63.46
        3/14/2005 7:18:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 207.115.63.46
        3/14/2005 7:18:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 192.168.0.101
        3/14/2005 7:21:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 207.115.63.46
        3/14/2005 7:22:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe ? 203.194.198.135
        3/14/2005 7:22:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 207.115.63.46
        3/14/2005 7:36:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 192.168.0.101
        3/14/2005 7:38:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 192.168.0.101
        3/14/2005 7:40:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe ? 192.168.0.101
        3/14/2005 7:40:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe ? 207.115.63.46
        3/14/2005 7:41:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe ? 207.115.63.46
        3/14/2005 7:41:55 PM Blocked by port blocking rule alpha5.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail 192.168.0.101
        Steve Wood
        See my profile on IADN

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          #5
          RE: Connect to Outgoing (SMTP) Server failed:

          Just for clarification, this message has nothing to do with WINS. It is a Winsock (Windows Sockets) error indicating that while trying to establish a connection to the server, the connection was interrupted.

          WINS is the Windows Internet Naming Service and, despite it's name, actually has nothing to do with the Internet in practice. It is responsible for name resolution of NetBIOS names within a LAN or WAN environment and has been deprecated since Windows 2000 Server came out. Since the advent of ActiveDirectory and dynamic DNS resolution, name resolution is delegated to DNS servers.

          I'm glad you were finally able to get everything running. It's too bad that these days we have to jump through hoops just to allow benevolent software to run correctly.
          Aaron Brown
          Alpha Software Development Team

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            #6
            RE: Connect to Outgoing (SMTP) Server failed:

            I had the same problem a few weeks ago. The user's priviledges had changed. Setting the priviledges to Power User or Administrator of the local machine resolved the problem.

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              #7
              RE: Connect to Outgoing (SMTP) Server failed:

              Alpha Five should not require Power User settings to send email.
              Aaron Brown
              Alpha Software Development Team

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