On Fri, 22 May 1998, Chris Faehl wrote:
> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:48:20 -0600
> From: Chris Faehl <cfaehl@???>
> To: Nigel Metheringham <Nigel.Metheringham@???>
> Cc: exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [EXIM] Connection closed after DATA, HELO?
>
> >
> > cfaehl@??? said:
> > } Here's precisely the transaction I sent that was accepted - it looks
> > } to me like things worked in precisely the same way exim did:
> >
> > Looks like it might be syntax checking the headers.
> >
> > Try adding a few taken off one of the failed messages.
>
> Okay, here's the exim header file I picked apart:
> ================================================== file below here
> 0yceNF-0000y1-00-H
> root 0 0
> <root@???>
> 895791825 0
> -ident root
> -local
> XX
> 1
> dthomp@???
> ================================================== file ended
I beleive he maint not the exim headers, but the RFC-822 headers of the
message thats in the queue and that is causing the remote SMTP server
to close the connection..
> Here's the SMTP transaction I forged (appeared to have worked):
> ================================================== transaction begin
> 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 09:39:08 -0600
> HELO wotan.me.unm.edu
> 250 medet.me.unm.edu Hello wotan.me.unm.edu, pleased to meet you
> MAIL FROM:<cfaehl@???>
> 250 <cfaehl@???>... Sender OK
> RCPT TO:<dthomp@???>
> 250 <<dthomp@???>>... Recipient ok
> DATA
> 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
> Received: from root by wotan.me.unm.edu with local (Exim 1.82 #1)
> id 0yceNF-0000y1-00; Thu, 21 May 1998 17:03:57 -0600
> Subject: getting this from wotan's root
> Message-Id: <E0yceNF-0000y1-00@???>
> From: Charlie Root <root@???>
> To: dthomp@???
> Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 17:03:57 -0600
>
> Hi, Dave,
> Yet another mail test.
> .
> 250 OK
> quit
> 221 medet.me.unm.edu Service closing transmission channel
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> ================================================== transaction end
>
> >
> > Nigel.
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