Bill (et al) >Doesn't look like 100% an authenticator problem (yet). > >You do not appear to be submitting on a submisison port, so are seen as >a possible peer MTA. Are you set up to allow that?
Huh? It should be going directly into EXIM via /usr/sbin/sendmail (which should be the exim replacement). OK, what's /usr/sbin/sendmail....? OK, /etc/alternatives/mta which is in turn /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail (?!?!) Ah, right, a security update RPM for sendmail installed on 9th of August appears to have trampled on the link replacing sendmail with the exim equivalent. So real sendmail is being called and is looping it back to the SMTP port on localhost. That would definitely explain things.... wonder why it trampled on the /etc/alternatives/mta link.... The clues were in the increased logging which really did show an SMTP call to local host going in. This is what it said: 2006-10-16 15:04:24 SMTP connection from [127.0.0.1]:48110 I=[127.0.0.1]:25 (TCP/IP connection count = 1) 2006-10-16 15:04:24 ignoring [EMAIL PROTECTED] from H=localhost (gabrielle.bevteccom.co.uk) [127.0.0.1]:48110 I=[127.0.0.1]:25 (client not authenticated) 2006-10-16 15:04:24 remote host address is the local host: gabrielle.bevteccom.co.uk (while verifying <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from host localhost (gabrielle.bevteccom.co.uk) [127.0.0.1]:48110) 2006-10-16 15:04:24 H=localhost (gabrielle.bevteccom.co.uk) [127.0.0.1]:48110 I=[127.0.0.1]:25 sender verify defer for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: remote host address is the local host 2006-10-16 15:04:24 H=localhost (gabrielle.bevteccom.co.uk) [127.0.0.1]:48110 I=[127.0.0.1]:25 F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> temporarily rejected RCPT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Could not complete sender verify 2006-10-16 15:04:24 H=localhost (gabrielle.bevteccom.co.uk) [127.0.0.1]:48110 I=[127.0.0.1]:25 incomplete transaction (RSET) from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2006-10-16 15:04:24 SMTP connection from localhost (gabrielle.bevteccom.co.uk) [127.0.0.1]:48110 I=[127.0.0.1]:25 closed by QUIT Anyway, it does look to be solved. I'll keep watching it but this is definitely looking positive. Cheers for the help. Regards, Bevis. -- ## 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/
