In my previous message, if someone wants to test any of the various Exim versions/builds just relay a message using whatever means thru their server from <exim-rulez @ test.tymes.net> to <exim-rulez @ test.tymes.net>. You can use any email address @ test.tymes.net as the mx host isn't configure with any mailboxes and doesn't relay. The message you are trying to relay can even be blank -- I first noticed this only because of infected messages but it will work for 550 User unknowns so the message content isn't even important.
An Exim server should only try to send two messages after which it should stop -- freezing (or whatever) the first message and the generated bounce. Here is a quick list of Exim Mail servers which haven't respected 550 errors and their version number at the time. I stopped looking at 20 different servers. You might understand why I suspect Exim may have some sort of issue... 82.108.130.24 mail.ncipher.com (Exim 3.34 #1) 203.101.80.60 smtp.instaxs.net (Exim 3.36 #1) 64.21.80.14 langley.intersurge.com (Exim 4.24) 204.174.223.62 slammer.netnation.com (Exim 4.34) 202.71.129.247 lx6.net4india.com (Exim 4.41 #2) 67.18.101.194 laud.meotex.com (Exim 4.43) 66.235.217.101 host01.ipowerweb.com (Exim 4.43) 80.168.77.109 fozzie.infotech247.com (Exim 4.43) 209.63.57.146 box6.bluehost.com (Exim 4.43) 63.247.94.186 peace.janushosting.com (Exim 4.43) 12.164.27.82 server.netcastdaily.com (Exim 4.43) 64.191.37.5 server001.indexperu.com (Exim 4.43) 69.44.60.20 server1.net-clicks.com (Exim 4.43) 207.58.131.99 vps.libraenterprises.com (Exim 4.43) 69.72.197.26 server145.webdomainserver.com (Exim 4.43) 69.72.218.18 server2.intermana.net (Exim 4.43) 202.60.64.24 cp8.hostingshop.com.au (Exim 4.43) 67.15.80.42 mail.dfsv23.com (Exim 4.44) 69.72.128.18 server145.highprofilehosting.com (Exim 4.44) 69.72.225.186 bob.xstreamhost.com (Exim 4.50) The bounces were generated by virus/file rejections, unknown users, and full mailboxes. The retry times ranged from about 90 minutes to 4 hours. If they were retrying less frequently I probably missed them as I quickly greped this list. I don't know how many more servers there may which are causing User Unknown errors as they would probably be impossible to find. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-dev Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
