Hi,
I just switched our entire Email system to qmail, and everything went
pretty
much without a glitch except for one detail: Of the 300+ messages that
came in and out
of my server yesterday (the day I made the switch), there's one that
just refuses to be delivered.
Symptoms: qmail connects to the remote SMTP server and hangs ...
Here's the exerpt from the maillog (message # if 743435):
hydra# grep 743435 /var/log/maillog
Sep 1 16:00:56 hydra qmail: 936226856.381235 new msg 743435
Sep 1 16:00:56 hydra qmail: 936226856.382047 info msg 743435:
bytes 833 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 2456 uid 7770
Sep 1 16:00:56 hydra qmail: 936226856.426950 starting delivery
95: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 1 16:10:49 hydra qmail: 936227449.427495 starting delivery
97: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 1 16:33:13 hydra qmail: 936228793.021252 starting delivery
99: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 1 17:09:13 hydra qmail: 936230953.152275 starting delivery
101: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 1 17:58:33 hydra qmail: 936233913.032295 starting delivery
125: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 1 19:01:13 hydra qmail: 936237673.714442 starting delivery
151: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 1 20:17:13 hydra qmail: 936242233.769397 starting delivery
161: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 1 21:46:33 hydra qmail: 936247593.416575 starting delivery
166: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 1 23:29:13 hydra qmail: 936253753.454411 starting delivery
173: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 2 01:25:13 hydra qmail: 936260713.575009 starting delivery
179: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 2 03:34:33 hydra qmail: 936268473.332109 starting delivery
192: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 2 05:57:13 hydra qmail: 936277033.414733 starting delivery
214: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 2 08:33:13 hydra qmail: 936286393.548644 starting delivery
224: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sep 2 11:22:33 hydra qmail: 936296553.810199 starting delivery
275: msg 743435 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Now what's really weird is that I can telnet into the remote server and it seems to behave:
hydra#
hydra# nslookup
Default Server: dns2.softaware.com
Address: 206.83.160.10
> set querytype=mx
> cinesite.com
Server: dns2.softaware.com
Address: 206.83.160.10
cinesite.com preference = 0, mail exchanger =
onramp.cinesite.com
onramp.cinesite.com internet address =
199.35.162.2
>^D
hydra#
hydra# telnet 199.35.162.2 25
Trying 199.35.162.2...
Connected to 199.35.162.2.
Escape character is '^]'.
HELO nothingreal.com
250 (nothingreal.com) pleased to meet you.
MAIl TO:
QUIT
Connection closed by foreign host.
hydra# telnet 199.35.162.2 25
Trying 199.35.162.2...
Connected to 199.35.162.2.
Escape character is '^]'.
HELO nothingreal.com
250 (nothingreal.com) pleased to meet you.
MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender Ok
RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK
DATA
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Sube
This is a test
.
250 Mail accepted
QUIT
221 Closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
hydra#
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
- Emmanuel
