Re: [Exim] How can exim4 get a 554 error but telnet 25 works…

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Author: Matthew Byng-Maddick
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] How can exim4 get a 554 error but telnet 25 works?
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 04:24:42PM -0400, Hancock, Scott wrote:
> I did get the error via telnet. Although there are typo's. (see below)


There are many syntax errors in your SMTP, too. The session as it appears
would not work at many of the installations run by members of this list.

>>> 220 mail1.sms-demag.de ESMTP Service (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.12) ready at Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:00:52 +0200

<<< ehlo pebbles.morganco.com

This is fine.

>>> 250-mail1.sms-demag.de Hello pebbles.morganco.com ([216.47.36.83]), pleased to meet you
>>> 250-HELP
>>> 250-DSN
>>> 250-SIZE 102400000
>>> 250 PIPELINING

<<< mail from: hancocks@???

This is a syntax error. The correct form is:
mail from:<hancocks@???>
with no space (though most things will accept one) and <> round the
specified address

>>> 250 hancocks@???... Sender OK

<<< rcpt to: Konrad.Roeingh@???

Similarly for this one, the correct form is:
rcpt to:<Konrad.Roeingh@???>
again, no space and <> round the address.

>>> 250 Konrad.Roeingh@???... Recipient OK

<<< data
>>> 354 Enter message, end with "." on a line by itself

<<< suject: test to telnet caps

So, the typo in the header name aside, a well formed message must have,
at least a From: header, one of To:,Cc: or Bcc:, a Message-ID: and a
Date:

<<< delete me.

There should have been either an extra empty line, or some spaces before
this part. The former would cause the "delete me." to be the first line of
the boddy, and the latter would have caused the "delete me." to be appended
to the subject.

<<<
<<< sorry for all the email.
<<< .

This is, amazingly, fine.

>>> 554 Error writing message to safe storage; message could not be stored to disk


Are you absolutely sure it's not just whatever spool storage they're using
being filled up? (with open relay mail? spam?)

It certainly looks a lot like it's their problem...

MBM

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