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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Ian Edwards
CC: EXIM users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Error : unexpected disconnection while reading SMTP command
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Ian Edwards wrote:

> I am running Exim 2.12 on SunOS 4.1.1. It periodically chooses one of the PCs
> on the local LAN and refuses to send messages by SMTP for the email client,
> either Microsoft Outlook 97 or Outlook Express. The message in the log
> file is
>
>     unexpected disconnection while reading SMTP command from <name> [<IP>]


This message is logged when *receiving* a message, not while sending
one.

> Has anyone any idea of the cause and if there is a solution ?


Well, there have been quite a lot of changes since 2.12, so an Exim
upgrade might help (but the 2.xx->3.xx upgrade is a jump).

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.