Re: exim4 under jessie vs wheezy
On Wed 17 Aug 2016 at 18:44:59 -0400, Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote:
[...Quite a bit of snipping of very useful information].
> I just changed /etc/mailname on all of my machines to contain:
>
> qobi@upplysingaoflun>cat /etc/mailname
> purdue.edu
You know it makes sense to do this. :)
> qobi@upplysingaoflun>ls -l /etc/mailname
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11 Aug 17 18:08 /etc/mailname
> qobi@upplysingaoflun>
>
> It does not deliver mail that is addressed to either qobi or root without @...
But it does qualify a bare qobi or root correctly.
> The enclosed may help. I don't know how to interpret them. They come from
> procmail on dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu, a machine that I don't maintain.
>
> Jeff (http://engineering.purdue.edu/~qobi)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From MAILER-DAEMON@ecn.purdue.edu Wed Aug 17 18:10:20 2016
> Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON@ecn.purdue.edu>
> Received: from mx05.ecn.purdue.edu (mx05.ecn.purdue.edu [128.46.4.13])
> by dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u7HMAKUs029433
> (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT)
> for <qobi@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu>; Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:10:20 -0400
> Received: from mailhub180.itcs.purdue.edu (mailhub180.itcs.purdue.edu [128.210.5.180])
> by mx05.ecn.purdue.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u7HMAJFV019693
> (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT)
> for <qobi@ecn.purdue.edu>; Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:10:19 -0400
> Received: from mailhub130.itcs.purdue.edu (mailhub130.itcs.purdue.edu [128.210.5.130])
> by mailhub180.itcs.purdue.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4/spamscan) with ESMTP id u7HMAJYX008224
> for <qobi@purdue.edu>; Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:10:19 -0400
> Received: from smtp.ecn.purdue.edu (mx05.ecn.purdue.edu [128.46.4.13])
> by mailhub130.itcs.purdue.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4/mta.smtp.purdue.edu) with ESMTP id u7HMAIWv018160
> (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT)
> for <qobi@purdue.edu>; Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:10:19 -0400
qobi has been qualified by Exim. The mail is accepted and makes its way
to dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu.
> From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@ecn.purdue.edu>
And then gets rejected :(
[...Snip...]
for this reason:
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <qobi@upplysingaoflun.ecn.purdue.edu>
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 554 5.0.0 MX list for upplysingaoflun.ecn.purdue.edu. points back to smtp.ecn.purdue.edu
> 554 5.3.5 Local configuration error
A mail loop, if I am not mistaken. My thoughts would now be turning to a
server misconfiguration.
[...A big snip...]
Let's try to pin this down and determine whether Exim plays a part.
brian@desktop:~$ telnet smtp.ecn.purdue.edu 25
Trying 128.46.177.5...
Connected to smtp.ecn.purdue.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 smtp.ecn.purdue.edu ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.4/8.14.4; Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:04:08 -0400
ehlo example.com
250-smtp.ecn.purdue.edu Hello copernicus.demon.co.uk [80.177.21.246], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 314572800
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
mail from:brian@example.com
530 5.7.0 Authentication required
You'll be able get further than me and see how the server handles rcpt to:qobi@purdue.edu.
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