Re: [Exim] refused relay

On Thu, 11 May 2000, Marius Vincent wrote:

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>
> Hi
>
> Just what exactly does this error mean?
>
> 2000-05-09 14:11:42 refused relay (host) to <root@???> from
> <pieterg@???
> > H=(ecmss.org.za) [196.7.177.58] (failed to find host name from IP address)
>
>
> failed to find host name from ip address??
>
> But it found it??
>

H= is "HELO=".. That didn't come from DNS, it came from what the sender
claimed to be. Possibly a spammer, trying to use your host as a relay,
or maybe one of your users, using another ISP but trying to send mail
through your SMTP port.