Re: [Exim] error:dropped: too many unrecognized commands

I realized this error comes when someone try to connect on port 25 through http
like :

http://mail.exim.org:25


----- Original Message -----
From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <suresh@???>
To: "Margrit Lottmann" <Margrit.Lottmann@???>;
<exim-users@???>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Exim] error:dropped: too many unrecognized commands


+++ Margrit Lottmann <Friday 02 August 2002 19:08>:
> I have some lines in our log file , which I don't understand:
> 2002-08-01 17:25:08 SMTP call from hauptpostamt.charite.de
> [193.175.66.220] dropped: too many unrecognized commands
> nevertheless the message was delivered to the receiver, but the sender
> host repeats the delivery because there wasn't a regular end of the
> connection

Either that or you have a firewall of some sort in between that's mangling
things.

Another time I saw this is where someone tries to connect to your IP from an
open proxy - junk such as http cache headers etc get passed to exim - which
drops the connection.

However as charite.de = Ralf Hildebrandt, that mailserver is sure to be
excellently configured... the problem lies elsewhere.

-srs

--
Suresh Ramasubramanian + suresh <@> hserus dot net
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Sysadmin


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