Re: [exim] problems with error message on debian..

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Author: Magnus Holmgren
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] problems with error message on debian..
On Friday 03 August 2007 01:48, Rolland Stockmann wrote:
> how can I get rid of those error messages ? Do I need to do rewrites ? If
> yes what should it look like ?
> I have read the documentation but it is a little cryptic to me..


http://wiki.exim.org/DontObfuscate

This may be Debian-specific, in which case you should post to
pkg-exim4-users@???,
as /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz (or .html) tells you.

> 007-08-03 01:36:09 1IGkDB-0001SX-Lm <= myemail@??? U=root P=local S=328
>
> 2007-08-03 01:36:10 1IGkDB-0001SX-Lm ** myemail@??? R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
> TO:<myemail@???>: host mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.21]: 550 5.1.2
> Cannot resolve your domain {mp012}


I find this message from mail.gmx.net a bit cryptic. "Your domain"? There
shouldn't be any need for resolving gmx.de. I can only assume that they
mean "the domain part of your recipient". Which is hard to say anything about
since it's obfuscated.

> 2007-08-03 01:36:10 1IGkDC-0001Sa-8I <= <> R=1IGkDB-0001SX-Lm U=Debian-exim
> P=local S=1301
> 2007-08-03 01:36:10 1IGkDB-0001SX-Lm Completed
>
> 2007-08-03 01:36:10 1IGkDC-0001Sa-8I ** myemail@???
> <myemail@???>R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote
> mailer after MAIL FROM:<> SIZE=2357: host mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]: 550
> 5.1.7 This server does not accept an empty envelope from (
> http://portal.gmx.net/serverrules ) {mp056}


This is lame, but maybe acceptable for an MSA. They apparently don't expect it
to talk to MTAs, only MUAs. I think you should configure Exim to send mail
with other sender addresses than your gmx.de address through your ISP's
mailserver if you can't send mail directly without involving a smarthost.

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Magnus Holmgren        holmgren@???
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