>>>>> "John" == John Boyle <J.Boyle@???> writes:
John> Hello As post master I've inherited the unix part of the
John> following:
John> Our mail server is a SPARC 20 running Solaris 2.6 (called
John> kyle1). Our MTA is EXIM 3.16.
John> Our clients are mostly NT workstations getting services from
John> an NT4 server (called staffmail) which relays smtp mail
John> through the unix box. Local mail doesn't leave the NT
John> server.
John> There are also some local mailboxes held on the unix box.
John> These are popped periodically by our antiquated w3.11 users.
John> The MTA on the NT server is Mercury/32, v3.21c.
John> Problem occurs when our link to the outside world goes down.
John> Mail from the NT box requiring to be relayed by Exim to the
John> 3.11 users gets dropped. Nothing gets queued - anywhere.
John> Errors in the Exim mainlog are like this:
John> 2001-09-14 15:33:43 SMTP connection from
John> staffmail.au.sac.ac.uk [194.83.148.8] 2001-09-14 15:33:43
John> SMTP connection from staffmail.au.sac.ac.uk [194.83.148.8]
John> lost (error: Connection reset by peer) 2001-09-14 15:35:15
John> SMTP connection from staffmail.au.sac.ac.uk [194.83.148.8]
See if the FAQ (Q0021) helps.
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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