On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 06:07:30PM +0200,
Johann Spies <jspies@???> is thought to have said:
> The following log on the mail server (smarthost) indicates the problem as
>
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> 2003-03-25 12:30:45 SMTP connection from webct-tyg1.sun.ac.za [146.232.197.237]
> (TCP/IP connection count = 9)
> 2003-03-25 12:30:45 H=webct-tyg1.sun.ac.za (webct-tyg1) [146.232.197.237] F=<root@webct-tyg1> rejected RCPT <jspies@???>
> 2003-03-25 12:30:45 SMTP protocol error in "DATA" H=webct-tyg1.sun.ac.za (webct-tyg1) [146.232.197.237] valid RCPT command must precede DATA
> 2003-03-25 12:30:45 SMTP connection from webct-tyg1.sun.ac.za (webct-tyg1) [146.232.197.237] closed by QUIT
> -----------------
[snip]
> -----------------------------------
>
> So I figure it can't be a relaydomain problem.
>
> I would appreciate some help on solving this problem.
It's not a problem. What you have here is a case of a server using
PIPELINING to send MAIL FROM:, RCPT TO:, and the DATA command all at once.
You've rejected the one and only one recipient in the message and therefore
the DATA command fails because there are no valid recipients.
In short there's nothing to worry about here. It's a fairly common occurnce.
Tabor
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Tabor J. Wells twells@???
Fsck It! Just another victim of the ambient morality
