> 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.
I'm sorry to report that I am able to telnet directly to port 25 on
medet from wotan and send a message (which he does receive). I'll see
if exim 1.92 fixes things, then get back to you (shortly).
>
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