> 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
>
> --
> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
The client does belong to me, unfortunately. It seems to happen with every
email client I use: AppleMail and Eudora 5.2.
Not quite sure where to go from here.
Dave
