Iphone 3G The connection to the server failed

Help,
I'm recieving the message "The connection to the server failed" I successfully verified the Exchange profile with the OWA server. No error message. However when I go into the Exchange E-mail to sync to gives me the message "the connection to the server failed". I'm running ann Iphone 3G 2.1 on Exchange 2003 SP2. I have hard reset the Iphone, removed the domain name for the profile and even tried to use the Iphone Configuration Web Utility with no luck. I have downloaded the 2 Godaddy Root CA's and 1 intermediate CA to the Iphone. Still no luck. I have played with the Sync options on the phone changing the "mail days to sync" to "No Limit"
Any idea?

My issue has been resolved! First I had to install the CA root for my self signed cert by going to https://servername/certsrv/ on my iPhone.
Then I had to follow this Microsoft KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=817379
SSL does not play nice with Active Sync. This provides the work around.
Then I had to install a hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916640
This allows Push mail to resume after the SSL Active Sync work around has been evoked.
After these three things were completed, I now have a 100% working Exhange Push / iPhone set up.
I thought I was going to kill myself in frustration trying to figure out the solution. Not to mention I could not find a single location that explained all three magic keys in one simple location.
I hope this helps others.

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