On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> 1998-01-15 01:27:03 0xskc4-0003hu-00 rejected from mx6.smtp.psi.net
> [38.8.140.2]: temporarily unable to verify sender address (try again
> later) <owner-cifs@???>
> To combat this problem, I've added a
> sender_reject_except_hosts=*.smtp.psi.net, and that seems to have allowed
> the mail to flow in, but I'm curious why this happened. Is there any way to
> know why Exim said "temporarily unable to verify sender address"? I haven't
> had any DNS problems lately, so I'm not sure what's going on...
It is usually a DNS problem. That address seems fine at the moment. The
way to check this out if you notice a problem is to do
exim -d10 -bv owner-cifs@???
The -d10 will turn on debugging output from the DNS resolver, so you
will see exactly what queries and responses it is getting.
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