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Can't find error in logs
Question asked by Mark Thornton - 10/22/2024 at 1:11 PM
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I had a Outlook Desktop client with a stuck outbox. Email was still coming in, but nothing going out. The error message in the client was "We can't complete because we can't contact the server right now, please try again." I've looked through the logs searching on the user name and haven't found anything that jumps out as a problem. Where would outbox sending errors from Outlook desktop wind up?

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Tony Scholz Replied
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Hello Mark, 

You will want to look on the machine for this issue as the connection to the mail server was never made. With no connection nothin will be in the SmarterMail logs. 

Things that can be tested on why the server was unreachable. 
  1. can the server be pinged
  2. can a telnet to the correct port be made with a 200 response 
    1. openssl for secure connections ( 465, 25/587 with STARTTLS )
  3. anything in Outlooks advanced logging? 
For these tests to work they will need to be performed during the issue from the clients machine. 

Other possible options as well. 
  1. flush dns on the local machine
  2. try starting outlook in safe mode. 
  3. check traffic on your firewall
Tony Scholz System/Network Administrator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Mark Thornton Replied
I'm going to look this evening and see if I find anything in the logs on the client. The confusing part is the client was contacting the server and downloading new email. The user started deleting the messages in the outbox and then all of it went out. I have asked the user to not empty their deleted emails so I can find the offending message.

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