On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Roger Books wrote:
> books:tcsh> telnet st-louis-emh7.army.mil smtp
> Trying 134.78.20.49...
> Connected to EMH7.STL.ARMY.MIL.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 emh7.stl.army.mil Server SMTP (Complaints/bugs to: mmdf@???)
> helo mail.state.fl.us
> 250 emh7.stl.army.mil - you are a charlatan
> mail from: books@???
> 250 OK
> rcpt to: satreia%adas@???
> 451 [ Address family not supported by protocol family ] (BHST) Unknown
> host/domain name in "satreia%adas@???"
451 is a *temporary* failure code. It means "try again later".
> Then exim seems to give the same mailing address to the remote machine,
because it was told to by means of a 4xx code.
> the remote machines returns the same message, and this repeats until I
> go in and stop it by hand.
>
> Is this something I have configured incorrectly or is this an actual bug?
It would appear to be a bug in 134.78.20.49. It should send a 5xx code
for a permanent error. I do not believe it is a bug in Exim.
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