From: "Hrvoje Mesing" 


"Scott"  wrote in message
news:428c9ee8{at}w3.nls.net...
> Well...
>
>
> NOthing worked. And I mean nothing. I couldn't even ping my loopback
> address at port 25. And, as a noble friend said to me, "trying to solve
> the WHY, when sometimes it's easier and quicker to change paths and go
> with a different solution (different server OS), then at a later time,
> re-focus on why the other didn't work. "
>
> I'm going to blow out that last install and then see what happens. If the
> new one doesn't go well, I'll retro to 2K server and let the chips fall
> where they may.


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use portQry_v2 (beside netstat -aNo) to catch port :25 bindings. Also, use
netmon, netcap, tcpdump, etc. to catch possible traffic to and from :25 to
get the picture of what is going on.

If You still cannot get to the bootom, use TCPIPFix, reinstall TCP catalogs
with netsh or reinstall TCPIP with loading the protocols *.inf catalog and
selecting to reinstall TCP/IP.

Reverting to the Win2K will not solve the problem. Also, check for the
application logs (which is trying to use :25 - SurgeMail) it will have a
Debug log of what break the binding to :25.


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M.

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