can't receive email

gibby — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:31:42 GMT

Hello,

I'm running a server with Windows Server 2003 Web Edition and I'm running the standard POP3 server that comes with the operating system. I have an email account with a mailbox setup. My problem is I can't seem to send emails to it.

I'm using Outlook to connect to the server, and this seems to be able to download emails fine. I tested this by creating a fake email in my mailbox folder and the connecting with Outlook. It downloaded fine. But when I send an email from elsewhere to my email address, nothing shows up (either in Outlook or directly in my mailbox folder on the server).

I'm sure I have everything set up right. The server is in an office network (so there are LAN IP Addresses and a WAN IP Address - the latter is 68.144.***.***). I have port forwarding set on my router and I verified that the correct LAN IP Address is set for my server. The entries look as follows:

Virtual Server SMTP192.168.***.***TCP 25/25
Virtual Server POP3192.168.***.***TCP 110/110
(asterices used on purpose)

I verified that the MX record is correct. I registered the domain name with register.com and the MX record shows mail.lexingtonmarketing.ca which is correct. The IP Address associate with that shows 68.144.***.*** which is correct.

Can anyone think of anything else that might prevent my account from receiving emails?

I edited your wan ip addresses. Thats a real routable address. The 192.168.xxx.xxx isnt. exTI

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