marcus2704

Thanks for the link, I carried out the above but still no joy. Connecting to the FTP gives a 426 error in Firefox and IE "Connection closed, transfer aborted".

This was happening because IE defaults to having Passive mode enabled, disabling this from IT advanced options and also disabling the FTP folder view allows IE to connect to the FTP. I dont want to have to ask clients to edit IT settings however, and wonder if anyone knows how to enable passive mode on IIS.

Hi, Im running IIS on my Server 2k3 box and want to be able to use FTP functionality. The problem I have is that I am unable to connect anonymously using IE, although connecting with Firefox works. The connection itself is successful, and logs show that, but the connection hangs soon after connection at "Getting Contents of Folder". Soon after that, the message "An error occurred opening that folder on the FTP server. Make sure you have permission to access that folder." The NTFS permission on the FTP folder is that the Internet Guest Account IUSR_servername has Modify access on that Dir. I tested giving Everyone full access but same problem. I also gave IUSR full permission with the same result. I have forwarded ports 20 and 21, and believe that its a permissioning issue although I have enabled anonymous access and Im strangely able to connect using Firefox. I am behind a Linksys router. Anyone have any ideas?

Im stuck with a dynamic IP (BT Broadband). I dont know how long their IP leases last for, it might change enough to be a problem. Can you tell me more about the MX record though, as im interested to know more about this?

Ive set up a home network for testing and generally learning about network installation/administration. I have a question about Exchange 2k3. I currently use software called PopconAdmin which sits in front of my Exchange server and talks to my internet host to retrieve my emails. Whilst this works fine for now, Id really like to be able to do this without any 3rd party software, and wondered if anyone can give me some advice as I presume this is something which is possible. Thanks in advance

Resolved it, it was DNS - I hadnt pointed DNS to my server, so I guess it was going to the router which was saying "WTF??" and bouncing it back.

I have a Windows 2k3 box and several client computers in my home network, which take an age to log into the network. Its normally around 10 minutes to progress beyond the "applying personal settings" notification. I am using a router which acts as my internet gateway and clients all point to 192.168.0.1, and can access the internet fine. Ive set up clients with static IP addressing (192.168.0.XX). I wonder if my DNS configuration is correct, initially it was pointed at my router address or 192.186.0.1. I expect DNS to be the problem for the slow logins, and wondered if any of you guys can help.

Morning, Quick Q - I want to be able to log onto my email accounts via the web - I understand this is possible with MS Exchange, however I have a Server2k3 box (connected to XP clients) and am sure I read somewhere this is possible via existing software on that OS. Can anyone confirm, and perhaps advise how I go about achieving this? If you need any more info, just ask Rgds