Re: [Exim] relaying problem (with mailman)

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Moacir
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] relaying problem (with mailman)
On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Moacir wrote:

> I have a machine hiding behind a router. I have a domain name
> (lithchat.com) that points to that router. All smtp calls are bumped to
> this machine (nida), with an IP address of 192.168.0.6
>
> All mail to blah@??? behaves as expected.
>
> However, when someone sends a message for mailman to process, I get this
> error in smtp-failure (mailman log file):
>
> Oct 28 00:09:24 2001 (2789) delivery to tester-owner@??? failed
> with code 550: 5.7.1 <tester-owner@???>... Relaying denied. IP
> name lookup failed [192.168.0.6]


This is not an Exim message, so I don't think this is an Exim problem.
Looks like mailman is talking to some other MTA.

> And the message never gets delivered. The mailman queue runner just
> keeps trying to deliver.
>
> The message appears in the exim/mainlog as this (this is from a diff,
> though similar, message):
>
> 2001-10-29 10:40:03 15yFSF-0004Ud-00 <= moacir@??? H=(zuikis.uchicago.edu) [128.135.57.157] P=esmtp S=495 id=200110291641.KAA20872@???
> 2001-10-29 10:40:04 15yFSF-0004Ud-00 => tester <tester@???> D=list_director T=list_transport 2001-10-29 10:40:04 15yFSF-0004Ud-00 Completed


So Exim was quite happy. It delivered the message.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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