Chris Lightfoot wrote: > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 05:31:50PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>i have a strange problem with an MySQL lookup; >>many, many lookups work without any problem then I get errormessages like >> >>2006-10-03 17:02:39 H=horn02.intern.ebewe.at (horn.intern.ebewe.at) >>[172.16.5.102] sender verify defer for <removed_by_me!>: condition check >>lookup defer >>2006-10-03 17:02:39 H=horn02.intern.ebewe.at (horn.intern.ebewe.at) >>[172.16.5.102] F=<removed_by_me!> temporarily rejected RCPT >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: MYSQL connection failed: Unknown MySQL Server >>Host 'saxophon' (1) > > > Is that hostname (saxophon) being looked up in DNS? If so, > it's possible that you're seeing some sort of transient > DNS problem. See if putting an /etc/hosts entry in for the > host, or specifying its address numerically in the exim > config, helps. >
Are you able to use a unix socket instead of IP with MySQL? - gets around one whole set of issues. Can you check logs to see if you have exhausted permitted connection count? (not sure if MySQL even *has* a limit, but we have had circumstances where we hit that wall with PostgreSQL's 'default' limits. OTOH, the Exim logs showed that specifically... HTH, Bill -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
