Re: [Exim] what does that mean?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Torsten Curdt
CC: Exim-Users
Subject: Re: [Exim] what does that mean?
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Torsten Curdt wrote:

> connection from [172.16.1.2] refused (172.16.1.2 does not match any IP
> address for kahless.dff.local)
>
> Is that a DNS setup problem?!?


Yes. Exim looked up 172.16.1.2 and found kahless.dff.local. It then
looked up kahless.dff.local and did NOT find 172.16.1.2. This could be
indicative of an attempt to breach security.


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