Re: [Exim] problem with exim 3.16 and SMTP vrfy

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Marc MERLIN
CC: exim-users
New-Topics: Re: [Exim] problem with exim 3.16 and SMTP expn
Subject: Re: [Exim] problem with exim 3.16 and SMTP vrfy
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Marc MERLIN wrote:

> expn merlin@??? (in /etc/mail/othervadomains)
> Connection closed by foreign host.


Er, that's expn, but

> I tried to run:
> exim -d10 -bd -oX 27
>
> and then:
> kenny:~# telnet kenny 27
> Trying 10.1.3.166...
> Connected to kenny.su.valinux.com.


> vrfy merlin@???
> 250 <merlin@???> is deliverable


that's vrfy. They are different. What happens if you try expn in this
case?

> What info would you need?


You should be able to get debugging info by running

exim -d10 -bh 1.2.3.4

on kenny, without having to start up an alternate daemon.

I will investigate this one in due course and see if I can reproduce it.
Additional information will be helpful.

Thanks for the report.

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