On 9/6/2012 4:44 PM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > On 9/6/2012 3:48 PM, Nathan Harris wrote: >> I have been using the full courier-mta suite for years with no >> problems. Today something odd popped up that I have never seen before. >> Lots of outgoing email. Two addresses got stuck in the queue and failed >> to send. I have turned off all filters and such, but it appears that >> courier is not trying to even connect to the remote server. First I get >> something like this in my log: >> >> Sep 6 15:31:17 driftwood courieresmtp: >> id=0022401B.5048FA03.00002518,from=<x...@xxxx.com>,addr=<x...@xxxx.com.au>: >> Operation now in progress >> Sep 6 15:31:17 driftwood courieresmtp: >> id=0022401B.5048FA03.00002518,from=<x...@xxxx.com>,addr=<x...@xxxx.com.au>,status: >> deferred >> >> I don't see this message normally and I can't remember seeing it >> before. After a while, I get this in my log: >> >> Sep 6 15:33:57 driftwood courieresmtp: >> id=00224013.5048FAA3.00002604,from=<x...@xxxx.com>,addr=<x...@xxxx.com.au>: >> No such file or directory >> Sep 6 15:33:57 driftwood courieresmtp: >> id=00224013.5048FAA3.00002604,from=<x...@xxxx.com>,addr=<x...@xxxx.com.au>,status: >> deferred >> >> The message is stuck and never goes. Outgoing email address is valid >> (works from other servers). Does anyone have a clue where I should be >> looking next? > I have seen the "Operation now in progress" message appear when the > remote server has a messed up TLS configuration. Try adding this to > your esmtproutes file: > > xxxx.com.au: /SECURITY=NONE > > From the man page: > > The /SECURITY=NONE flag prevents the Courier mail server from using the > STARTTLS ESMTP extension even if the remote server claims to support it. > Use this flag to deliver mail to misconfigured Microsoft Exchange relays > that claim to support STARTTLS, but always report a failure to a > STARTTLS request.
Thank you! That fixed it. I see I have a few other similar exceptions in there, but I had forgot about this kind of problem. It's been at least two years since I had to add a TLS exception. Appreciate the memory jog. -Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
