Re: [exim] Exim4: Turning off greylisting

Joseph wrote:
> Here are a few entries from the mainlog, including the ones listed above:
> 2005-08-03 10:01:30 H=(TSONE) [66.229.157.26] F=<editor@???> temporarily rejected RCPT <thinklog@???>
> 2005-08-03 10:17:24 H=(mail.ccff.com) [216.73.106.146] F=<phyllis@???> temporarily rejected RCPT <ateichman@???>
> 2005-08-03 10:27:37 H=(smtp.cal.net) [216.57.65.29] F=<mstco@???> temporarily rejected RCPT <ateichman@???>
> 2005-08-03 10:31:18 Start queue run: pid=275
> 2005-08-03 10:31:18 End queue run: pid=275
> 2005-08-03 10:34:25 1E0N8K-00004d-SJ <= editor@??? U=editor P=local S=385
> 2005-08-03 10:34:25 1E0N8K-00004d-SJ == thinklog@??? R=dnslookup defer (-1): host lookup did not complete
> 2005-08-03 10:34:32 1E0N8S-00004f-Co <= message@??? H=(efax.j2.com) [216.52.100.161] P=esmtp S=64933 id=lax1_did13-1123086460-3233723574-21-25665.1123086534@???
> 2005-08-03 10:34:33 1E0N8S-00004f-Co => office <office@???> R=local_user T=mail_spool
> 2005-08-03 10:34:33 1E0N8S-00004f-Co Completed
> 2005-08-03 10:36:49 1E0NAf-00004s-0U <= JoseP@??? H=(rcnt4.HGDomain.com) [207.71.241.113] P=esmtp S=31244 id=EBB77FE9162744418C770180EB8BF9DB099D82@???
> 2005-08-03 10:36:50 1E0NAf-00004s-0U => office <office@???> R=local_user T=mail_spool
> 2005-08-03 10:36:50 1E0NAf-00004s-0U Completed

I'm surprised no one has pinged you for top posting yet. Please post your
reply below everyone elses - it makes for reading the list so much easier.

Anyway, your logs point to a DNS issue, not graylisting. Some of the sites
might be doing it but it really looks like your mail server just can't resolve
anything and as a result, can't verify recipients and can't accept mail! You
also can't find a really easy one like gmail.com.
You have one successful mail so I would say it's an intermittent problem with
DNS so it's going to be really fun to find too.

Good luck!

Or, I could have read it all wrong :P

Ted.