Strange Exim errors
Hello, I recently set up a mail server in my home network as an experiment. We have a dynamic IP given to us by Comcast, but I registered with DynDNS for a DNS name, and told my router to update it when the IP changed. The idea was that one could send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and it would get there (where username is my username and dyndns_address is my DynDNS URL). The setup was successful, and I can both send and receive emails. However, I am starting to get strange emails that say something like this: Message [CENSOR] has been frozen. The sender is [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following address(es) have yet to be delivered: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Connection timed out [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Connection refused [EMAIL PROTECTED]: lowest numbered MX record points to local host I did not send any of these emails. The three emails that were not delivered have the username all the same. The sitestream one is different. I assume that this is somehow using my machine as a relay, though I have absolutely no idea. I am very much of a n00b when it comes to mail. -- Leonid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange Exim errors
On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 01:07:47PM -0500, Leonid Grinberg wrote: Hello, I recently set up a mail server in my home network as an experiment. We have a dynamic IP given to us by Comcast, but I registered with DynDNS for a DNS name, and told my router to update it when the IP changed. The idea was that one could send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and it would get there (where username is my username and dyndns_address is my DynDNS URL). The setup was successful, and I can both send and receive emails. However, I am starting to get strange emails that say something like this: Message [CENSOR] has been frozen. The sender is [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following address(es) have yet to be delivered: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Connection timed out [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Connection refused [EMAIL PROTECTED]: lowest numbered MX record points to local host I did not send any of these emails. The three emails that were not delivered have the username all the same. The sitestream one is different. do any of these mails show up in your mail server logs? I assume that this is somehow using my machine as a relay, though I have absolutely no idea. I am very much of a n00b when it comes to mail. You can control who you relay for and you should almost certainly have this set so that you do no relaying for anyone. what MTA are you using? A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Strange Exim errors
I am using Exim. The addresses do appear in /var/log/exim4/mainlog. Using dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config, I made blank the fields regarding mail relaying, but the problem happens anyways. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange Exim errors
On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 04:36:53PM -0500, Leonid Grinberg wrote: I am using Exim. The addresses do appear in /var/log/exim4/mainlog. okay, more specifically, do they appear as outgoing or relayed messages? or just incoming? IOW, if an email is really being relayed through your system, then one of the destination addresses will show up for the original relayed email. mayboe you could snip the pertinent parts of those logs for us. Using dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config, I made blank the fields regarding mail relaying, but the problem happens anyways. can you provide the output of grep relay /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Strange Exim errors
OK, here: $ tail /var/log/exim4/mainlog 2007-02-24 12:06:31 1HKgol-Tw-CA ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Unrouteable address 2007-02-24 12:06:33 1HKgol-Tw-CA ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: host ariel.fayettevillepublishing.com [24.172.26.90]: 550 Host 71.233.224.241 is listed in list.dsbl.org. 2007-02-24 12:06:34 1HKgol-Tw-CA ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: host mta-gw.infomaniak.ch [84.16.68.126]: 550 5.7.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Blacklisted IP 71.233.224.241 -- see http://rbl.infomaniak.ch/index.php?ip=71.233.224.241 for more details 2007-02-24 12:06:35 1HKgol-Tw-CA = [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mx1.balanced.swarthy.mail.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.57] X=TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32 DN=C=US,ST=CA,L=Los Angeles,O=DreamHost Web Hosting,OU=DreamHost Security,CN=mail.dreamhost.com,[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-02-24 12:06:36 1HKgol-Tw-CA ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: host fernandorincon.com [69.93.79.50]: 550-Verification failed for [EMAIL PROTECTED]\n550-unrouteable mail domain ondsl.gr\n550 Sender verify failed 2007-02-24 12:06:36 1HKgol-Tw-CA ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: host mailin.webmailer.de [192.67.198.32]: 550 5.0.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Dial-Up IP address rejected 2007-02-24 12:06:38 1HKgol-Tw-CA = [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mail.forstnerphotography.com [212.227.91.13] X=TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32 DN=C=US,ST=Virginia,L=Herndon,O=SWsoft\, Inc.,OU=Plesk,CN=plesk,[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-02-24 12:06:39 1HKeA3-0007sT-EJ = [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup_relay_to_domains T=remote_smtp H=mx10.priorweb.be [213.193.229.211] 2007-02-24 12:06:40 1HKgol-Tw-CA = [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mail.geekdeveloper.ca [64.246.46.7] 2007-02-24 12:06:40 1HKeA3-0007sT-EJ ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup_relay_to_domains T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: host mail01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.51]: 550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal alias: [EMAIL PROTECTED] None of these are mine or were sent by me. $ grep relay /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf dc_relay_domains='' dc_relay_nets='' As you can see, nothing is configured to be relayed (note that those are single quotes) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim errors
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 09:35:00AM +0100 or thereabouts, Craig Shelley wrote: Hello, I am having exactly the same problem with exim. The postmaster account receives the following errors by email, daily. failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File exists failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp: File exists I have tried deleting the databases so that exim rebuilds them. The /etc/cron.daily/exim cron script runs without error if run from the command line. The problem seemed to start after the last upgrade of the exim package to 3.35-1woody3. I used reportbug to report this (it is an acknowledged bug). I've since received an e-mail suggesting that the following URL, has a solution. I haven't applied it, but here it is; http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248622 -- Steve + Thursday May 27 2004 11:11:01 AM EDT + briefcase, n: A trial where the jury gets together and forms a lynching party. pgpv86KNXoxeq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Exim errors
Hello, I am having exactly the same problem with exim. The postmaster account receives the following errors by email, daily. failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File exists failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp: File exists I have tried deleting the databases so that exim rebuilds them. The /etc/cron.daily/exim cron script runs without error if run from the command line. The problem seemed to start after the last upgrade of the exim package to 3.35-1woody3. -- Craig Shelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.microtron.org.uk Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim errors
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 09:35:00AM +0100 or thereabouts, Craig Shelley wrote: Hello, I am having exactly the same problem with exim. The postmaster account receives the following errors by email, daily. Hate to me a me to, but I'm having the same issue. failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File exists failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp: File exists I have tried deleting the databases so that exim rebuilds them. The /etc/cron.daily/exim cron script runs without error if run from the command line. The problem seemed to start after the last upgrade of the exim package to 3.35-1woody3. Yep, that's when. -- Steve + Thursday May 27 2004 05:26:01 AM EDT + Who loves not wisely but too well Will look on Helen's face in hell, But he whose love is thin and wise Will view John Knox in Paradise. -- Dorothy Parker pgp61S0Dg6akL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Exim errors
Hello, I've been getting the following mail from Exim for about four days now, about once a day: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim_tidydb ]; then /usr/sbin/exim_tidydb /var/spool/exim retry /dev/null; fi To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 06:13:01 -0500 failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File exists From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim_tidydb ]; then /usr/sbin/exim_tidydb /var/spool/exim wait-remote_smtp /dev/null; fi To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 06:17:02 -0500 failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp: File exists And I don't know what to make of them, any ideas? TIA, Jorge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim Errors
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:29:08PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:21:51PM -0500, Matt Kopishke wrote: Hi, I keep getting errors like this: Mar 12 09:42:56 Jekyll exim[7309]: 2001-03-12 09:42:56 14cTXE-0001tt-00 Cannot open main log file /var/log/exim/mainlog: Too many open files in system: euid=8 egid=8 This is on our main email server, which gets hit pretty hard. Does 2.4 up the open file limit? I think the number of file handles is configurable. Maybe have a look at linux/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt and /proc/sys/file-max. Maybe, echo 8096 /proc/sys/file-max ?? Don't know, never played with it... Actually, /proc/sys/fs/file-max in 2.2. (And Eric probably meant 8192, though I don't know that even numbers matter.) More critically, you may also have to increase the file handle resource limit (ulimit -n 2048, or so) before the mail server gets executed, perhaps in /etc/init.d/exim. (Pray report what works?) -- Michael J. Micek, CyberStrategies, Inc. sysadmin. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Exim Errors
Hi, I keep getting errors like this: Mar 12 09:42:56 Jekyll exim[7309]: 2001-03-12 09:42:56 14cTXE-0001tt-00 Cannot open main log file /var/log/exim/mainlog: Too many open files in system: euid=8 egid=8 This is on our main email server, which gets hit pretty hard. Does 2.4 up the open file limit? -Matt- +-+ Matt Kopishke [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Blue Note Technology http://bluenotetech.com | Waldo Theatrehttp://www.waldotheatre.org | +++
Re: Exim Errors
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:21:51PM -0500, Matt Kopishke wrote: Hi, I keep getting errors like this: Mar 12 09:42:56 Jekyll exim[7309]: 2001-03-12 09:42:56 14cTXE-0001tt-00 Cannot open main log file /var/log/exim/mainlog: Too many open files in system: euid=8 egid=8 This is on our main email server, which gets hit pretty hard. Does 2.4 up the open file limit? I think the number of file handles is configurable. Maybe have a look at linux/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt and /proc/sys/file-max. Maybe, echo 8096 /proc/sys/file-max ?? Don't know, never played with it... -- Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net
