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Tip Having problems? Note When you use a trailing period. Tip The commands in the Telnet Client aren't case-sensitive. In this article. The command that was sent was successfully completed on the remote server. The remote server is ready for the next command. The command was accepted but the remote server needs more information before the operation can be completed. The sending server needs to send a new command with the needed information. The command wasn't accepted by the remote server for a reason that might be temporary.

The sending server should try to connect again later to see if the remote server can successfully accept the command. The sending server will continue to retry the connection until either a successful connection is completed indicated by a 2.

An example of a temporary error is low storage space on the remote server. Once more space is made available, the remote server should be able to successfully accept the command. The text file must contain one mailbox on each line like this:. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode.

For more information on how to use the Recent activity page, go to What is the recent activity page? If you use Outlook. For instructions about how to reconfigure your account to use POP, contact your email account provider. Note: You will need to sign in first to get support.

If you can't sign in, go to Account support. Notes: Incoming and outgoing server details are the same. Select Save.

For any other email providers, contact them for steps on how to unblock the connection. For now, try the following workaround: Go to account. Attempt to connect to the account via your IMAP client. Need more help? To configure a smart host, follow these steps:. If you type an IP address, enclose the address in brackets for example, [ If you want Microsoft SMTP Service to attempt to deliver the remote messages directly before it forwards them to the smart host, click to select the Attempt to direct delivery before sending to smart host check box.

By default, this check box is not selected. TroubleshootingIssue: Messages are not sent to the Drop folder. This issue can occur because of either of the following conditions:. The path to the Drop folder is incorrect. To troubleshoot this issue, follow these steps:. In the Drop directory box, verify that the path to the Drop folder is valid.

Either the Drop folder or the hard disk in which the Drop folder is located is full. To troubleshoot this issue, free hard disk space in either the Drop folder or on the hard disk in which the Drop folder is located.

To do so, start Microsoft Internet Explorer, and then type the following address in the Address bar:. Click Close. How to configure the default domain. How to enable transaction logging. How to set relay restrictions.

How to set up a smart host. Click the General tab. If you want to assign additional IP addresses to the virtual server, follow these steps: Click Advanced, and then click Add.

Click OK, and then click OK.