* David Holland <david.holland@???> [20020212 15:59]: wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 03:43:59PM +0300, Odhiambo G. Washington wrote:
> > Does anyone know if multiple 220 responses can cause hiccups for other
> > SMTP servers?
>
> RFC2821 implies (in section 4.2) that the initial greeting should be a
> single line; only replies to commands may be multi-line.
>
> > 220-ns2.wananchi.com ESMTP Exim 3.33 #1 Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:45:30 +0300 [Exim-3.33]
> > 220-Welcome to Wananchi Online's ESMTP Server.
>
> That's wrong anyway; the last line in a multi-line response is supposed
> to begin with "220 " i.e. a space, not a hyphen. (RFC2821 section 4.2.1)
>
I have taken this advice and changed it now. Please see for yourself if what is
given now is okay - telnet to SMTP port of 62.8.64.4
Do you believe that this could cause problems with other MTAs?
I have one situation that has left me perplexed (maybe that is not the correct
word to use). Some domain cannot send mail to my end. Whenever users there send
mail to *@wananchi.com, they get the error below: I think those
mail admins have configured a ver crazy retry timeout! But it may
as well be myself ;-)
Does anyone else in this list see any problems with my setup?
My servers are public so no problem with probing them.
<cut>
From: "Mail Administrator" <postmaster@???>
To: <XYZ@???>
Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2002 12:50
Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail
> This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:
> > Your message was not delivered because the destination computer was
> not reachable within the allowed queue period. The amount of time
> a message is queued before it is returned depends on local configura-
> tion parameters.
> > Most likely there is a network problem that prevented delivery, but
> it is also possible that the computer is turned off, or does not
> have a mail system running right now.
> > The queue containing messages destined for vegpro-group.com
> was expired by the Postmaster of oflmta02bw.bigpond.com.
> The following recipients did not receive your message:
> <graham@???>
> > Please reply to <postmaster@???>
> if you feel this message to be in error.
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mtia
-Wash
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