According to RFC, your MTA (Mail transfers agent) should have replied with ELHO <FQDN>, instead it said localhost.
"554 5.7.1 <localhost>: Helo command rejected: You are not me" The mail server was correct in closing the connection, although it should have given you an error after the ELHO. What appears to be happening in your case is you are trying to relay mail using xtra's servers to a external gmail address. You may check and see if your ISP changed their SMTP servers addresses, and that your local machine domain name is correct. It may be a temporary problem with your ISP's relay configuration as well. Try comparing the ELHO logs for kmail with opera and see how they differ. sV On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Chris Downie <[email protected]> wrote: > Out of the blue my mail client (Opera) has stopped sending messages. I did > a > clean install of Mepis 8.0.1 and Opera 10 and sending just stopped. > Receiving > messages is fine and sending via another client (KMail) is fine so it is > not > the ports or firewall stopping things. My ISP say they do not require > authentication to send messages. A log of an outgoing connection reveals: > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : > Connecting... > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : > 220 ananke.wxnz.net ESMTP Postfix > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : > EHLO localhost > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : > 250-ananke.wxnz.net > 250-PIPELINING > 250-SIZE 14619200 > 250-ETRN > 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES > 250-8BITMIME > 250 DSN > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : > MAIL FROM:<[email protected]> > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : > 250 2.1.0 Ok > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : > RCPT TO:<[email protected]> > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : > 554 5.7.1 <localhost>: Helo command rejected: You are not me > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : > RSET > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP IN : > 250 2.0.0 Ok > > 18/09/2009 13:30:06 SMTP OUT : > QUIT > > 18/09/2009 13:30:07 SMTP IN : > 221 2.0.0 Bye > > 18/09/2009 13:30:07 SMTP IN : > Disconnected > > Everything appears in order except the obvious: > "554 5.7.1 <localhost>: Helo command rejected: You are not me" > > Who do I need to be and where might I put it?? Everything in my Opera > account, > prefs and .ini files appear to be in order (compared to a backup). > > Cheers, > Chris >
