Re: [Exim] Message: "result of an earlier callout reused"

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Message: "result of an earlier callout reused"
On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:19:27PM -0700, Bill Moseley said:
> I'm doing sender callout verification and every so often I get
> warnings from an ezmlm list saying that mail to me is bouncing.
>
> For example:
>
>     63.205.225.170 does not like recipient.
>     Remote host said: 550-Callback setup failed while verifying
>     <modperl-cvs-return-4584-moseley=hank.org@???>
>     550-(result of an earlier callout reused).
>     550-The initial connection, or a HELO or MAIL FROM:<> command was
>     550-rejected. Refusing MAIL FROM:<> does not help fight spam, disregards
>     550-RFC requirements, and stops you from receiving standard bounce
>     550-messages. This host does not accept mail from domains whose servers
>     550-refuse bounces.
>     550-Failed callout to address to <modperl-cvs-return-4584-moseley=hank.org@???>.
>     550-Sender verify failed
>     550 Contact postmaster+at+hank+org for help.

>
> Yet, when I manually try the callout the sending MTA accepts the mail
> from "<>" addressed to the address above without any problem.
>
> I'm running Exim 4.34. Is there a way to get more details on this
> failure? Can Exim log the SMTP sessions for verify failures?
>
> Is there more info stored in the cache? Like when was the original
> failure?


/usr/sbin/exim_dumpdb /var/spool/exim4/ callout (at least on Debian -
your spool file location may be different)
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