Author: Juha Saarinen Date: To: Christopher L. Everett CC: Exim Users List Subject: Re: [Exim] bogus bounces
Christopher L. Everett wrote:
> It just started doing this. For a couple of days my list server
> wasn't responding until I noticed that exim had crashed on it
> and I restarted Exim.
>
> When I sent emails to the list server, I get an _immediate_
> bounce message saying "retry time not reached for any host
> after a long failure period". There's something weird about a
> "Long failure period" bounce coming back right away ...
>
> I am able to send emails through the list server by using
> telnet to port 25 on my list server box, but sending it via
> my main email server, causes the bounce mentioned.
>
> Any ideas?
Check your log files -- this could be the same IPv6-related problem that
I experienced (but haven't managed to solve).