Re: [exim] strange connection problems

Richard Mikisa wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Sorry I have written to you offlist reason is I can't deliver mail to
> the list cause of my problems.
> About midday yesterday I noticed lots of 'connection refused' in my
> logs. A lot of these where to 'big' domains like gmail.com and yahoo.com
> which is what got my attention. Strangely, exim -v -M msg-id works and
> will deliver the messages. exim_tidydb will solve the problem but only
> for a short while before the cycle starts again. Any ideas?
>
>

- Copied to the list...

We have extremely tight blocking in place, and your note tripped NONE of the RFC
or BL, earned a mere 0.5 SA score.

- But that was for the gmail account you just used!

What we need to know is the IP & <domain>.<tld> of the mail server you are
having problems sending from. Presumed NOT gmail...

Feel free to send test traffic to me and report any rejection messages.

Meanwhile, ssh in to your server and do some 'host -v' and 'dig' on the domains
refusing you.

Then do the same from some other box that uses different resolvers and see if
your server is getting correct information.

HTH,

Bill