Re: [exim] 550 Unknown user

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Author: Odhiambo G. Washington
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To: Kris Monstad
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] 550 Unknown user
* On 12/09/06 14:16 +0100, Kris Monstad wrote:
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| Hi there,
|
| Ive got a problem with exim and I would greatly appreciate any help
| offered...
|
| As of this weekend gone by, Ive been getting tons of "Message Frozen"
| emails in my inbox. The mail seems to be addressed to our domain, but
| with a bogus (and gibberish) username. Here is an example of the mail:
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| Message 1GN7v5-0005t5-FC has been frozen (delivery error message).
| The sender is <>.
|
| The following address(es) have yet to be delivered:
| mpqbilrfv@???: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<mpqbilrfv@???>: host <IP address> [IP address]: 550 Unknown user
|
|
| I assume this is some spam/bouncing issue, though I dont really know enough to be sure. Im new to using Exim (and mail servers in general), so forgive any ignorance (or re-posting an old subject).



Hi Kris,

Do this:

egrep -v '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' /usr/local/etc/exim/configure > my-exim.conf.txt


Then show us my-exim.conf.txt, with some small explanation.



        cheers
       - wash 
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