Author: Renaud Allard Date: To: Don O'Neil CC: 'exim users' Subject: Re: [exim] Unexpected disconnection while reading SMTP command
Don O'Neil wrote: > Are these sorts of message normal in the log file?
>
> 2007-03-21 11:37:13 unexpected disconnection while reading SMTP command from
> 88-196-54-50-dsl.trt.estpak.ee [88.196.54.50]
> 2007-03-21 11:37:13 1 accept() failure: Software caused connection abort
> 2007-03-21 11:37:14 H=(localhost) [222.237.55.84]
> F=<culhane_history@???> rejected RCPT <abbottdd@???>:
> 2007-03-21 11:37:14 H=(localhost) [222.237.55.84] incomplete transaction
> (connection lost) from <culhane_history@???>
> 2007-03-21 11:37:14 unexpected disconnection while reading SMTP command from
> (localhost) [222.237.55.84]
>
> I'm thinking they're just rejections on the receiving side becausee the
> account doesn't exist or some other filter, but with the exception of a few
> messages there is no indication as to why the disconnections are happening.
>
This generally happens with spambots when you try to delay them within
the ACLs.
