Sharepoint 2007 Workflow not sending out task emails.

Im currently having an issue with our sharpoint 2007 farm. This is currenlty affecting all site collections in the farm.
I have been troubleshooting this for this without any luck. The workflow get created and the person who created the workflow recieve a notification email indicating that the workflow has been created. The users that the workflow is assigned to however never
receive an email notification. This was working fine previoulsy.
1- I have checked the permissions.
2. Timer service is running.
3. Email server is up.
I have checked the event log on the sharepoint server and I cant find anything conclusive that can help me resolve this issue.
I would appreciate any advice on this issue. Thanks in advance.

Hi Dgunz1237
Firstly, please check the setting of your task list, make sure that the E-mail Notification feature of the task list is enabled. Tasks-> Settings->Advanced Settings-> E-Mail Notification. Yes should be selected. You may also add a task manually
to confirm that it works.
Secondly, please check the outgoing e-mail setting first. You can set alert on a list to check whether SharePoint can communicate with the email server properly.
Thirdly, you may check the status of your workflow. Just by pointing to the item that is involved in the workflow, click the arrow that appears, and the workflows. If the workflow run failed, you should also check the History List and ULS log.
Fourthly, you may also restart the Windows SharePoint Services Outgoing Email service to find out the problem. Please open Central Administration -> Operation->Services on Server. Restart the Windows SharePoint Services Outgoing Email service.
Hope that helps.
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