Re: [Exim] SMTP_AUTH problems with Exim 4.10 amd OS X Server

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: dave
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] SMTP_AUTH problems with Exim 4.10 amd OS X Server
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 dave@??? wrote:

> LOG: smtp_connection MAIN
> SMTP connection from adsl-63-196-80-238.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net
> [63.196.80.238] (TCP/IP connection count = 2)
> SMTP>> 220 mail.nisus.com ESMTP Exim 4.10 Thu, 02 Jan 2003 03:26:32 -0800
> Process 1141 is ready for new message
> smtp_setup_msg entered
> SMTP<< XXXX [10.0.1.2]


If that really was "XXXX", the client is sending a junk SMTP command.

> LOG: smtp_syntax_error MAIN
> SMTP syntax error in "XXXX [10.0.1.2]"
> H=adsl-63-196-80-238.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [63.196.80.238] unrecognized
> command
> SMTP>> 500 unrecognized command


Exim logs the incident, and sends back an error response, as you might
expect.

> SMTP<< HELO [10.0.1.2]


The client then sends a HELO command.

> I can't quite understand what's happening here.


The client is behaving weirdly.

(1) It shouldn't be sending XXXX. It should be sending EHLO (probably).

(2) It shouldn't be sending 10.0.1.2 as an IP address, because that is
    not a public IP address.


Unless the client belongs to you, I would just ignore this mess.

Philip

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