Hello. Life was fine. I've had my server running for like 112 days uptime. Last night between 11am and 2am (sorry, I forget the time now), Comcast had a service issue, and my IP went wacky for an hour or so. Before I went to bed, I had received my same IP address back again and everything seemed fine (yet I hadn't checked mail since just prior to the outtage).
Today I woke up and noticed I had zero mail. Normally I have hundreds (thanks to spam). I tried to: /etc/init.d/exim restart /etc/init.d/dovecot restart Still nothing. I then decided to reboot the Gentoo/Linux box. Still nothing. I've tried sending test messages from this email address (work) to my server and nothing is showing up. However, if I am ON the server and fire up 'pine' for example, I can send an email to myself (on the same server), Jan 17 16:24:52 [exim] 2008-01-17 16:24:52 1JFf2S-0006Qv-Rh <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=root P=local-esmtp S=514 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jan 17 16:24:53 [exim] 2008-01-17 16:24:53 1JFf2S-0006Qv-Rh => |/usr/bin/procmail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=userforward T=address_pipe Jan 17 16:24:53 [exim] 2008-01-17 16:24:53 1JFf2S-0006Qv-Rh Completed but sending one to this email address at work does not show up. daevid mail # tail -f current Jan 17 16:01:17 [dovecot] imap-login: Login: user=<dae51d>, method=PLAIN, rip=67.105.193.226, lip=67.168.161.74, TLS Jan 17 16:04:07 [exim] 2008-01-17 16:04:07 1JFeiN-00063t-4a <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=dae51d P=local-esmtp S=524 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jan 17 16:04:10 [exim] 2008-01-17 16:04:10 Start queue run: pid=23312 Jan 17 16:07:16 [exim] 2008-01-17 16:07:16 1JFeiN-00063t-4a outbound.mailhop.org [63.208.196.178] Connection timed out Jan 17 16:07:19 [exim] 2008-01-17 16:07:19 1JFQWd-000886-Ik outbound.mailhop.org [63.208.196.178] Connection timed out I do use DynDNS Mailhop (https://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound.html) and I see these errors above in the exim log. daevid bin # ping 63.208.196.178 PING 63.208.196.178 (63.208.196.178) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 63.208.196.178: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=83.6 ms So I fear that both incoming AND outgoing mail is now broken to varying degrees. I can connect to my mailbox via Outlook as I always do, so I don't think dovecot is an issue here. My /var/log/current is here, and it spans last night through today. http://daevid.com/exim.log or http://daevid.com/exim.log.gz Again, this was all working fine. Urgent help is needed and appreciated. Here is a list of the last things installed, I know my uptime was 121 days when I rebooted today, so maybe something here broke exim and I just never knew it since I hadn't rebooted in so long? daevid ~ # genlop -l --date 130 days ago Tue Sep 11 22:10:00 2007 >>> net-im/ekiga-2.0.7 Tue Sep 11 22:34:34 2007 >>> kde-base/kdenetwork-3.5.7 Tue Sep 11 22:46:28 2007 >>> dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.34-r1 Tue Sep 11 22:49:34 2007 >>> dev-libs/apr-util-0.9.12-r1 Thu Sep 13 12:47:40 2007 >>> app-portage/elogv-0.5.1 Thu Sep 13 12:47:43 2007 >>> app-portage/elogviewer-0.5.1 Tue Sep 18 14:36:59 2007 >>> net-mail/dovecot-1.0.3 Tue Sep 18 15:19:56 2007 >>> net-mail/dovecot-1.0.5 Tue Sep 18 21:16:25 2007 >>> net-wireless/hostap-utils-0.4.7 Tue Sep 18 21:16:41 2007 >>> net-wireless/hostapd-0.4.9 Tue Sep 18 21:48:52 2007 >>> app-vim/udev-syntax-20051016-r1 Wed Sep 19 00:42:30 2007 >>> app-admin/apache-tools-2.2.6 Wed Sep 19 00:45:42 2007 >>> www-servers/apache-2.2.6 Wed Sep 19 18:07:32 2007 >>> dev-lang/php-5.2.4_pre200708051230-r2 Wed Sep 19 18:26:08 2007 >>> www-apache/mod_auth_mysql-3.0.0-r2 Wed Sep 19 23:29:27 2007 >>> www-servers/apache-2.0.59-r5 Wed Sep 19 23:29:32 2007 >>> www-apache/mod_auth_mysql-3.0.0-r1 Wed Sep 19 23:37:11 2007 >>> dev-lang/php-5.2.4_pre200708051230-r2 Wed Sep 19 23:56:19 2007 >>> www-servers/apache-2.0.59-r5 Wed Sep 19 23:56:24 2007 >>> www-apache/mod_auth_mysql-3.0.0-r1 Thu Sep 20 00:04:02 2007 >>> dev-lang/php-5.2.4_pre200708051230-r2 Thu Sep 20 00:12:09 2007 >>> dev-util/subversion-1.3.2-r4 Thu Sep 20 12:16:26 2007 >>> app-portage/portage-utils-0.1.28 Wed Oct 10 03:13:31 2007 >>> www-apache/mod_auth_mysql-3.0.0-r1 Wed Oct 17 17:10:08 2007 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.1.3.9 Wed Oct 17 17:11:58 2007 >>> sys-libs/com_err-1.40.2 Wed Oct 17 17:12:03 2007 >>> sys-apps/hdparm-7.7 Wed Oct 17 17:12:37 2007 >>> sys-apps/man-pages-2.65 Wed Oct 17 17:13:04 2007 >>> sys-libs/ss-1.40.2 Wed Oct 17 17:14:25 2007 >>> sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.40.2 Tue Nov 13 03:09:09 2007 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.1.3.19 Tue Nov 13 03:09:54 2007 >>> app-arch/bzip2-1.0.4-r1 Tue Nov 13 03:10:39 2007 >>> sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.18.1-r2 Tue Nov 13 03:11:42 2007 >>> app-arch/cpio-2.9-r1 Tue Nov 13 03:12:16 2007 >>> sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.22-r2 Tue Nov 13 03:12:43 2007 >>> sys-apps/man-pages-2.66 Tue Nov 13 03:14:38 2007 >>> app-arch/tar-1.19 Tue Nov 13 03:15:43 2007 >>> sys-apps/findutils-4.3.8-r1 Tue Nov 13 03:15:58 2007 >>> net-misc/iputils-20070202 Tue Nov 13 03:29:50 2007 >>> media-libs/gstreamer-0.10.14 Tue Nov 13 03:33:22 2007 >>> gnome-base/eel-2.18.3 Tue Nov 13 03:37:42 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-desktop-2.18.3 Tue Nov 13 03:43:33 2007 >>> www-client/epiphany-2.18.3 Tue Nov 13 03:45:13 2007 >>> x11-libs/libwnck-2.18.3 Tue Nov 13 04:13:24 2007 >>> mail-client/evolution-2.10.3 Tue Nov 13 04:14:02 2007 >>> gnome-base/libglade-2.6.2 Tue Nov 13 04:14:26 2007 >>> x11-themes/gnome-backgrounds-2.18.3 Tue Nov 13 04:18:15 2007 >>> media-libs/gst-plugins-base-0.10.14 Tue Nov 13 04:22:15 2007 >>> gnome-base/nautilus-2.18.3-r1 Tue Nov 13 04:26:07 2007 >>> media-libs/gst-plugins-good-0.10.6 Tue Nov 13 04:26:10 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-2.18.3 Tue Nov 13 14:36:59 2007 >>> dev-lang/php-5.2.5 Tue Nov 13 14:38:14 2007 >>> dev-libs/klibc-1.5 Tue Nov 13 14:42:07 2007 >>> app-text/poppler-0.6.1-r1 Tue Nov 13 14:44:49 2007 >>> app-text/poppler-bindings-0.6.1 Tue Nov 13 14:45:09 2007 >>> dev-php/PEAR-PEAR-1.6.1 Tue Nov 13 14:46:35 2007 >>> media-gfx/splashutils-1.5.2.1 Tue Nov 13 14:46:56 2007 >>> x11-apps/xinit-1.0.4 Tue Nov 13 14:47:33 2007 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-2.1.2 Tue Nov 13 14:47:54 2007 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.2.2 Tue Nov 13 14:51:16 2007 >>> x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.03 Tue Nov 13 14:51:59 2007 >>> app-crypt/pinentry-0.7.3 Tue Nov 13 14:55:16 2007 >>> app-text/evince-2.20.1 Tue Nov 13 14:55:35 2007 >>> dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.1.2 Tue Nov 13 14:55:38 2007 >>> dev-php/PEAR-XML_Beautifier-1.1-r1 Tue Nov 13 14:56:20 2007 >>> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.19 Tue Nov 13 14:56:58 2007 >>> media-video/nvidia-settings-1.0.20070621 Mon Dec 3 21:38:02 2007 >>> sys-apps/man-pages-2.68 Mon Dec 3 21:38:23 2007 >>> sys-apps/kbd-1.13-r1 Mon Dec 3 21:38:33 2007 >>> sys-apps/debianutils-2.25 Mon Dec 3 21:38:36 2007 >>> virtual/editor-0 Mon Dec 3 21:39:13 2007 >>> sys-devel/m4-1.4.10 Mon Dec 3 21:39:31 2007 >>> sys-apps/less-409 Mon Dec 3 22:52:47 2007 >>> dev-libs/glib-2.14.3 Mon Dec 3 22:54:34 2007 >>> gnome-base/gconf-2.20.1 Mon Dec 3 22:57:48 2007 >>> dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.30 Mon Dec 3 23:00:42 2007 >>> dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r6 Mon Dec 3 23:02:27 2007 >>> x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-2.20.0 Mon Dec 3 23:03:33 2007 >>> dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.22 Mon Dec 3 23:04:26 2007 >>> dev-libs/libpcre-7.4 Mon Dec 3 23:04:56 2007 >>> dev-libs/libsigc++-2.0.18 Mon Dec 3 23:10:25 2007 >>> dev-libs/pwlib-1.10.10-r1 Mon Dec 3 23:10:27 2007 >>> media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10 Mon Dec 3 23:10:56 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gnome2-user-docs-2.20.1 Mon Dec 3 23:12:34 2007 >>> dev-libs/elfutils-0.127 Mon Dec 3 23:13:04 2007 >>> dev-cpp/cairomm-1.4.4 Mon Dec 3 23:13:30 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-mime-data-2.18.0 Mon Dec 3 23:13:53 2007 >>> x11-themes/gnome-backgrounds-2.20.0 Mon Dec 3 23:18:24 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.20.1 Mon Dec 3 23:20:49 2007 >>> gnome-base/libgnome-2.20.1.1 Mon Dec 3 23:22:44 2007 >>> x11-libs/pango-1.18.3 Mon Dec 3 23:23:21 2007 >>> app-text/gnome-doc-utils-0.12.0 Mon Dec 3 23:32:21 2007 >>> gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-1.12.1 Mon Dec 3 23:34:31 2007 >>> gnome-base/orbit-2.14.10 Mon Dec 3 23:37:16 2007 >>> gnome-base/libgtop-2.20.0 Mon Dec 3 23:40:29 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-media-2.20.1 Mon Dec 3 23:41:07 2007 >>> dev-libs/atk-1.20.0 Mon Dec 3 23:42:52 2007 >>> dev-cpp/glibmm-2.14.2 Mon Dec 3 23:57:42 2007 >>> net-libs/opal-2.2.11 Mon Dec 3 23:58:05 2007 >>> app-admin/pessulus-2.16.3 Mon Dec 3 23:59:43 2007 >>> net-libs/libsoup-2.2.103 Tue Dec 4 00:00:27 2007 >>> dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.9 Tue Dec 4 00:09:49 2007 >>> x11-libs/gtk+-2.12.1-r2 Tue Dec 4 00:11:47 2007 >>> gnome-base/libbonobo-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:15:13 2007 >>> gnome-base/libgnomeprint-2.18.2 Tue Dec 4 00:16:06 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-keyring-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:17:13 2007 >>> x11-libs/libwnck-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:22:34 2007 >>> gnome-base/control-center-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:24:11 2007 >>> gnome-base/gail-1.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:25:24 2007 >>> gnome-base/librsvg-2.18.2 Tue Dec 4 00:26:06 2007 >>> x11-libs/gtksourceview-2.0.1-r1 Tue Dec 4 00:30:16 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 00:31:04 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gconf-editor-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 00:32:41 2007 >>> gnome-extra/deskbar-applet-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:33:11 2007 >>> gnome-extra/zenity-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 00:33:49 2007 >>> net-analyzer/gnome-nettool-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 00:35:42 2007 >>> gnome-base/gdm-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:46:40 2007 >>> dev-cpp/gtkmm-2.12.1 Tue Dec 4 00:48:19 2007 >>> x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:48:49 2007 >>> app-admin/sabayon-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:50:02 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 00:51:50 2007 >>> x11-wm/metacity-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 00:53:45 2007 >>> x11-libs/vte-0.16.9 Tue Dec 4 00:55:12 2007 >>> x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.12.2 Tue Dec 4 00:57:38 2007 >>> gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.20.1.1 Tue Dec 4 00:58:41 2007 >>> gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.20.1.1 Tue Dec 4 00:59:02 2007 >>> dev-python/pygtksourceview-2.0.0-r1 Tue Dec 4 01:00:51 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 01:04:39 2007 >>> gnome-base/nautilus-2.20.0-r1 Tue Dec 4 01:07:33 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gtkhtml-3.16.1 Tue Dec 4 01:08:39 2007 >>> gnome-base/libgnomeprintui-2.18.1 Tue Dec 4 01:11:28 2007 >>> media-video/totem-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 01:12:27 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gucharmap-1.10.1 Tue Dec 4 01:17:49 2007 >>> www-client/epiphany-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 01:18:49 2007 >>> net-misc/vino-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 01:19:12 2007 >>> gnome-extra/evolution-webcal-2.12.0 Tue Dec 4 01:22:47 2007 >>> app-editors/gedit-2.20.3 Tue Dec 4 01:25:28 2007 >>> gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 01:26:39 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-session-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 01:27:42 2007 >>> gnome-extra/nautilus-cd-burner-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 01:28:55 2007 >>> media-sound/sound-juicer-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 01:33:00 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-panel-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 01:34:50 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-power-manager-2.20.0-r1 Tue Dec 4 01:35:50 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-desktop-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 01:37:33 2007 >>> gnome-base/eel-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 02:03:32 2007 >>> mail-client/evolution-2.12.1 Tue Dec 4 02:08:56 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-games-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 02:10:54 2007 >>> media-gfx/eog-2.20.2 Tue Dec 4 02:11:42 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-keyring-manager-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 02:12:38 2007 >>> app-arch/file-roller-2.20.1 Tue Dec 4 02:16:18 2007 >>> net-im/ekiga-2.0.11 Tue Dec 4 02:18:24 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gnome-utils-2.20.0.1 Tue Dec 4 02:19:49 2007 >>> x11-terms/gnome-terminal-2.18.2 Tue Dec 4 02:20:34 2007 >>> gnome-extra/gcalctool-5.20.2 Tue Dec 4 02:20:38 2007 >>> app-text/scrollkeeper-9999 Tue Dec 4 02:21:14 2007 >>> app-text/rarian-0.6.0-r1 Tue Dec 4 02:22:19 2007 >>> gnome-extra/yelp-2.20.0 Tue Dec 4 02:22:23 2007 >>> gnome-base/gnome-2.20.1 Wed Dec 12 17:18:53 2007 >>> sys-apps/dnotify-0.18.0 Thu Dec 13 01:44:04 2007 >>> dev-util/pkgconfig-0.22 Thu Dec 13 01:45:18 2007 >>> sys-libs/com_err-1.40.3 Thu Dec 13 01:47:45 2007 >>> app-editors/vim-core-7.1.123 Thu Dec 13 01:47:47 2007 >>> virtual/httpd-cgi-0 Thu Dec 13 01:49:44 2007 >>> app-portage/eix-0.10.2 Thu Dec 13 01:49:51 2007 >>> app-portage/elogv-0.6-r1 Thu Dec 13 01:50:47 2007 >>> dev-db/sqlite-3.4.1 Thu Dec 13 01:51:03 2007 >>> sys-libs/timezone-data-2007i Thu Dec 13 01:51:20 2007 >>> x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-0.9 Thu Dec 13 01:51:27 2007 >>> sys-apps/ed-0.8 Thu Dec 13 01:51:29 2007 >>> app-admin/eselect-rails-0.10 Thu Dec 13 01:52:06 2007 >>> sys-apps/attr-2.4.39 Thu Dec 13 01:52:44 2007 >>> media-sound/mpg123-0.67 Thu Dec 13 01:55:42 2007 >>> sys-apps/man-pages-2.69 Thu Dec 13 01:56:25 2007 >>> net-ftp/ncftp-3.2.1 Thu Dec 13 01:57:17 2007 >>> app-text/iso-codes-1.5 Thu Dec 13 01:57:43 2007 >>> sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.22.20070710 Thu Dec 13 01:57:52 2007 >>> sys-apps/pciutils-2.2.8 Thu Dec 13 01:57:57 2007 >>> app-portage/genlop-0.30.8-r1 Thu Dec 13 01:58:02 2007 >>> net-misc/whois-4.7.23 Thu Dec 13 01:58:43 2007 >>> net-analyzer/tcpdump-3.9.8 Thu Dec 13 01:59:12 2007 >>> sys-libs/ss-1.40.3 Thu Dec 13 01:59:57 2007 >>> app-admin/gamin-0.1.9 Thu Dec 13 02:01:41 2007 >>> app-editors/vim-7.1.123 Thu Dec 13 02:02:07 2007 >>> dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.2.2 Thu Dec 13 02:03:16 2007 >>> sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.40.3 Thu Dec 13 02:05:54 2007 >>> app-text/enchant-1.3.0 Tue Dec 18 17:49:34 2007 >>> dev-php/PEAR-Net_Socket-1.0.8 Tue Dec 18 17:49:37 2007 >>> dev-php/PEAR-Net_Sieve-1.1.5 Tue Dec 18 17:49:39 2007 >>> www-apps/horde-pear-1.3-r3 Tue Dec 18 17:52:15 2007 >>> www-apps/horde-3.1.3 Thu Jan 17 01:27:39 2008 >>> dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.34-r1 Thu Jan 17 01:45:13 2008 >>> x11-misc/notification-daemon-0.3.7 Thu Jan 17 02:01:03 2008 >>> x11-proto/inputproto-1.4.2.1 Thu Jan 17 02:01:27 2008 >>> x11-proto/glproto-1.4.9 Thu Jan 17 02:02:08 2008 >>> x11-libs/libICE-1.0.4 Thu Jan 17 02:03:40 2008 >>> x11-libs/libXfont-1.3.1 Thu Jan 17 02:04:00 2008 >>> x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.1 Thu Jan 17 02:04:09 2008 >>> x11-proto/xf86dgaproto-2.0.3 Thu Jan 17 02:04:18 2008 >>> x11-proto/compositeproto-0.4 Thu Jan 17 02:04:30 2008 >>> x11-apps/mesa-progs-7.0.1 Thu Jan 17 02:04:42 2008 >>> x11-apps/xset-1.0.3 Thu Jan 17 02:05:03 2008 >>> x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.22-r1 Thu Jan 17 02:09:39 2008 >>> x11-libs/libX11-1.1.3 Thu Jan 17 02:10:01 2008 >>> x11-libs/libSM-1.0.3 Thu Jan 17 02:10:36 2008 >>> x11-libs/libXpm-3.5.7 Thu Jan 17 02:10:48 2008 >>> x11-apps/xrdb-1.0.4 Thu Jan 17 02:11:08 2008 >>> x11-libs/libXtst-1.0.3 Thu Jan 17 02:11:18 2008 >>> x11-apps/iceauth-1.0.2 Thu Jan 17 02:11:52 2008 >>> x11-libs/libXi-1.1.3 Thu Jan 17 02:12:04 2008 >>> x11-apps/xprop-1.0.3 Thu Jan 17 02:12:15 2008 >>> x11-apps/xsetroot-1.0.2 Thu Jan 17 02:12:25 2008 >>> x11-apps/xvinfo-1.0.2 Thu Jan 17 02:12:42 2008 >>> x11-apps/xdriinfo-1.0.2 Thu Jan 17 02:12:52 2008 >>> x11-apps/xwininfo-1.0.3 Thu Jan 17 03:00:21 2008 >>> x11-libs/qt-4.3.2-r1 Thu Jan 17 03:01:47 2008 >>> x11-libs/libXaw-1.0.4 Thu Jan 17 03:01:58 2008 >>> x11-apps/xmessage-1.0.2 Thu Jan 17 03:02:10 2008 >>> x11-apps/xclock-1.0.3 Thu Jan 17 03:02:42 2008 >>> x11-terms/xterm-229 Thu Jan 17 03:03:12 2008 >>> x11-apps/xinit-1.0.5-r1 Thu Jan 17 03:19:04 2008 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r2 Thu Jan 17 03:19:39 2008 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3 -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
