CS 1.1 not sending mail

robertvv — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 06:26:00 GMT

I had problems with the e-mail function of CS 1.1. The cs_Exceptions table in the CS database had the following exception entry logged:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040211): The message could not be sent to the SMTP server. The transport error code was 0x800ccc15. The server response was not available.

According to Microsoft Support, 0x800ccc15 means:

0x800CCC15 SOCKET_CONNECT_ERROR Unable to open Windows Socket.

So, the system couldn't set up a TCP socket to my SMTP relay box, which was confirmed by the output of a netstat -an | findstr ":25".

Then it hit me... I have Mcafee Virusscan 8 running on my server including the Access protection rules and guess what. Virusscan thought a mass worm/virus mailer was spamming my SMTP relay box and refused the socket connect attempt, made by the aspnet_wp.exe (IIS 6.0 worker process). See log entry:

<timestamp removed> Blocked by port blocking rule aspnet_wp.exe Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail a.b.c.d

Adjusting this rule proved to be the solution and this is confirmed by the log of my SMTP relay box.

Calendar Control for .Text blog engine

robertvv — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:40:00 GMT

I found a very cool Calender control for Scott's .Text blog engine, which I implemented when I saw it. You can read about it here.

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CS 1.1 not sending mail

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