Re: [Exim] Strange Exim problem

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Author: Dave C.
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To: Paul Miles
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Strange Exim problem
Try issuing

exim -d9 -bh 127.0.0.1

That may help show up where its getting stuck..



On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Paul Miles wrote:

> I'm not using any kind of real time blocking list.
>
> I really am quite perplexed by this. Absolutely nothing is being logged in
> the exim log - I'm starting to wonder if this is some kind of TCP/IP issue.
>
> Any more thoughts?
>
> Paul Miles
> All Secure Networks
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark S. Guz" <mguz@???>
> To: "Paul Miles" <paul.miles@???>
> Cc: <exim-users@???>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Exim] Strange Exim problem
>
>
> > Paul Miles wrote:
> > >
> > Are u using the RBL facility.
> >
> > I find that if the server has problems contacting the specified rbl
> > servers it just hangs around for ages.
> >
> > If you ask me its a bug, exim should write something to the paniclog if
> > it is suffering none trivial timeouts like this.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mark Guz
> >
> >
> > > Recently, the last few days, I have been experiencing some strange
> problems
> > > with exim.
> > >
> > > It only seems to be partially listening on port 25.
> > >
> > > ie. When I telnet to our mail server, port 25, I get the following :
> > >
> > > Trying 10.0.0.10...
> > > Connected to 10.0.0.10.
> > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > >
> > > It just sits here for ever.
> > >
> > > If I restart or HUP exim, and try again, it works fine for a few hours
> > > before reverting back to the above behaviour.
> > >
> > > ie. The following appears immediately.
> > > Trying 10.0.0.10...
> > > Connected to 10.0.0.10.
> > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > 220 relay2.allsecurenet.com ESMTP Exim 3.33 #2 Tue, 16 Oct 2001 08:26:15
> > > +0100
> > >
> > > The really strange thing is that this server has been working properly
> for
> > > months, and now without any kind of user intervention it has started
> > > breaking on me.
> > >
> > > I am currently running Exim 3.33 on a SuSE Linux platform.
> > >
> > > Can anyone suggest any further diagnosis I could perform to get to the
> > > bottom of this? Its thoroughly confusing me!
> > >
> > > Thanks and Kind regards,
> > >
> > > Paul Miles
> > > All Secure Networks
> > >
> > > Visit www.allsecuredomain.com for low cost
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> > >
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