I've had the same problem receiving mail from a Microsoft SMTP server. I think
it's down to the 'bare lf' problem although I may well be wrong. Sendmail and
other MTAs accept these but qmail bounces them.
Ask this remote site to check their SMTP log for clues.
Si
seiheng wrote:
> There is this remote mail server that can send email to one of my server
> running Sendmail, but it just can't send email to servers running Qmail (I
> tested 3 server running Qmail, all of them cannot received email from that
> remote server).
>
> I have been running Qmail for most of may mail server. They all run just
> fine, until I encounter this server.
>
> I use that mail server to send email to yahoo, asiamail, netscape, they all
> works. But it just can't reach my mail servers.
>
> I also tried sending email from other free email server, all could reach my
> server.
>
> Now, this may sound a bit confusing. But I am totolly run out of ideas.
>
> That remote server is running 'Microsoft SMTP MAIL' when I do a "telnet
> <host> 25".
>
> I'm running:
>
> Qmail version: 1.03
> OS: Linux Slackware 4.0
>
> Sei Heng
> ps: There is no entry in my servers mail logs
