On Fri, 22 May 1998, Chris Faehl wrote:
> I'm sure you can understand that before I start approaching this chairman
> telling him his personally administered machine is wonked I'd like to tell
> him exactly how it's wonked and preferably how to unwonk it. I'm presently
> not even sure his system is in error, although as you say, it does seem
> like medet is the culprit.
Test it without using Exim. I just did this:
taurus$ telnet medet.me.unm.edu 25
Trying 198.83.88.37...
Connected to medet.me.unm.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 medet.me.unm.edu UCX V4.0 AXP ready at Fri, 22 May 1998 07:07:29 -0600
helo taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk
250 medet.me.unm.edu Hello taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk, pleased to meet you
There was a long pause before it answered the helo command. I suspect it
was doing DNS verification lookups. Aha! It *was* doing them:
taurus$ telnet medet.me.unm.edu 25
Trying 198.83.88.37...
Connected to medet.me.unm.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 medet.me.unm.edu UCX V4.0 AXP ready at Fri, 22 May 1998 07:10:57 -0600
helo test.non.existent.host
250 medet.me.unm.edu Hello taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk, pleased to meet you
If testing like this works for you, then there is a problem with Exim.
If it doesn't, then the problem is definitely at the other end.
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