Re: Exim: frustrations configuring a satellite system
At 06:32 PM 2/15/00 +0000, Jean Orloff wrote:
[snip]
>Nothing special in rejectlog, and mainlog contains, for non-existing user on the
>smarthost: (this generates an error mail OK):
>
>2000-02-07 19:24:22 12Htlm-0004aH-00 <= orloff@debsat.domain.net U=orloff P=local
>S=429 id=87k8kgzuhl.fsf@debsat.domain.net
>2000-02-07 19:24:23 12Htlm-0004aH-00 ** no-exist@clermont.in2p3.fr R=smarthost
>T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
>TO:<no-exist@clermont.in2p3.fr>: host mailserv.domain.net [193.48.80.80]: 550
><no-exist@clermont.in2p3.fr >... User unknown
>2000-02-07 19:24:23 12Htln-0004aJ-00 <= <> R=12Htlm-0004aH-00 U=mail P=local S=1377
>2000-02-07 19:24:23 12Htlm-0004aH-00 Error message sent to orloff@debsat.domain.net
>2000-02-07 19:24:23 12Htlm-0004aH-00 Completed
>
>Notice: error mail is sent locally by exim. Whereas for a non-existing remote host,
>exim transfers to the smarthost without choking:
>
>2000-02-07 19:25:08 12HtmW-0004aO-00 <= orloff@debsat.domain.net U=orloff P=local
>S=415 id=87hffkzugb.fsf@debsat.domain.net
>2000-02-07 19:25:29 12HtmW-0004aO-00 => orloff@bad.host.com R=smarthost T=remote_smtp
>H=mailserv.domain.net
>2000-02-07 19:25:29 12HtmW-0004aO-00 Completed
>
>and I never get any error message, despite the correct From and Sender header
>(orloff@clermont.in2p3.fr)
This is strange indeed, I expected exim to choke on the incomming error message.
The problem could be that incomming mail could not reach your mailhost and
that the mail is re-routed to the fallbackhost that is in your DNS MX record.
Please check your DNS settings, I had a problem with my DNS once and it also
created strange mail problems with receiving mail.
Maybe you could send your zone file...
Regards,
Onno
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