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Author: J. Nick Koston
Date:  
To: Ronny Vaningh
CC: Exim List
Subject: Re: [Exim] SMTP error from remote mailer after initial connection on a 220
The remote servers are sending 220s. This is happening on almost all
smtp servers out there, hotmail.com, and other servers running exim. It
appears to be random at best.

/Nick

On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 01:43, Ronny Vaningh wrote:
> Maybe exim expects something as described in RFC2821
>
> 220 <domain> Service ready
>
> However
> Greeting = "220 " Domain [ SP text ] CRLF
>       Reply-line = Reply-code [ SP text ] CRLF

>
>    where "Greeting" appears only in the 220 response that announces that
>    the server is opening its part of the connection.

>
>    An SMTP server SHOULD send only the reply codes listed in this
>    document.  An SMTP server SHOULD use the text shown in the examples
>    whenever appropriate.

>
>    An SMTP client MUST determine its actions only by the reply code, not
>    by the text (except for the "change of address" 251 and 551 and, if
>    necessary, 220, 221, and 421 replies); in the general case, any text,
>    including no text at all (although senders SHOULD NOT send bare
>    codes), MUST be acceptable.  The space (blank) following the reply
>    code is considered part of the text.  Whenever possible, a receiver-
>    SMTP SHOULD test the first digit (severity indication) of the reply
>    code.

>
> This indicated according to me it should accept also a 220 that does not completely
> conforms to the 220 domain syntax
> But take into account the "if necessary 220 clause in above statement"
>
> I think exim finds it neccessary ... polite people should formally introduce themselves
>
>
> Ronny
>
> On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 05:48, J. Nick Koston wrote:
> > Exim version 3.36 debug level 99 uid=99 gid=99
> > Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: DB 2.4.14: (6/2/98)
> > LOG: 0 MAIN
> > <= nobody@XXXXXXXX U=nobody P=local S=636
> > delivering message 19RkNW-00005H-00
> > Connecting to mail.racingclub.com [200.49.90.24.25] ... connected
> > SMTP<< 220 Bienvenidos al Webmail
> > SMTP>> QUIT
> > LOG: 0 MAIN
> > SMTP error from remote mailer after initial connection: host
> > mail.racingclub.c
> > om [200.49.90.24]: 220 Bienvenidos al Webmail
> > LOG: 0 MAIN
> > == juanitourquiza@??? T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error
> > from remo
> > te mailer after initial connection: host mail.racingclub.com
> > [200.49.90.24]: 220 Bienvenidos al Webmail
> >
> > Does anyone know what would cause this error when the remote smtp server
> > is sending a 220?    This happens across thousands of servers running
> > exim 3.36, but it is random at best.

> >
> >
> >
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> > J. Nick Koston <nick@???>
> > cPanel, Inc.
> >
> >
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