i seem to have found the problem.
it turns out that there were some sendmail processes running on the server too. i had thought that by replacing /usr/sbin/sendmail with a symbolic link to /usr/local/exim/bin/exim that that wouldnt happen but it seemed that both exim and sendmail were running (which explained the "socket bind() to port 25 for address (any IPv4) failed: Address already in use: waiting before trying again" messages that I was seeing - was going to be my next question).
so i stopped sendmail, and now connections from those ip numbers are being allowed
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:49:22 +0000 , Dave Evans <davide-20070112@???> wrote:
>On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:46:36AM +0000, Oliver Howe wrote:
>> the problem only happens with ip numbers in the 85.92.x.x range, other ip numbers in my relay_from_hosts list work fine.
>>
>> hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : \
>> 82.195.106.38 : \
>> 62.64.128.0/17 : \
>> 80.40.0.0/13 : 80.225.0.0/16 : 85.92.0.0/16 \
>> 88.104.0.0/13 : \
>
>Maybe add in the colon you've missed out (between 85.92.0.0/16 and
>88.104.0.0/13) and try again?
>
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