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Author: Adam D. Barratt
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] synchronization error (input sent without waiting for greeting)
Thomas Baumann wrote, Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:07 AM

> Hello list,
>
> I just want to ask once more how to avoid these messages
>
> SMTP protocol violation: synchronization error \
> (input sent without waiting for greeting): rejected connection from H=....

[...]
> The same problem appears when I perform a
> netcat smtprelay 25 << EOF
> HELO mail
> MAIL FROM: test@???


Add a `-i 2' to the netcat, to give Exim's SMTP banner a chance to appear
before trying to send commands to it (that's what causes the synchronization
error).

Adam