Vincent wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I edited the exim file passwd.client with my ISP's SMTP settings like:
>
> mail.whatever.com:me@???:mypassword
>
> This is the error I received:
>
> 2007-09-15 23:43:57 1IWZoI-0004gB-Da ** someone@??? R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
> TO:<someone@???>: host whatever.com [74.200.79.210]:
> 550-Verification failed for <nobody@???>\n550 Sender verify failed
> 2007-09-15 23:43:57 1IWZoL-0004gE-Hg <= <> R=1IWZoI-0004gB-Da
> U=Debian-exim P=local S=1433
> 2007-09-15 23:43:57 1IWZoI-0004gB-Da Completed
> 2007-09-15 23:44:00 1IWZoL-0004gE-Hg ** nobody@??? R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
> TO:<nobody@???>: host whatever.com [74.200.79.210]: 550
> 2007-09-15 23:44:00 1IWZoL-0004gE-Hg Frozen (delivery error message)
>
> I am trying to use my "me@???" mail account to send emails. I
> do not know where "nobody@???" came from it seems to be causing
> the problem "550-Verification failed for <nobody@???>\n550
> Sender verify failed".
>
> I made some changes to my exim config:
>
> I entered “mail.whatever.com:25” into the “IP address or host name of
> the outgoing smarthost” field.
>
The MX record for whatever.com is oogieoogieboogieaaaxxx.com and it
seems the server there doesn't answer.
telnet oogieoogieboogieaaaxxx.com 25
Trying 207.189.104.88...
telnet: connect to address 207.189.104.88: Operation timed out
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
So if sender callouts are configured on your smarthost, it is normal
that verification fails, but it should fail with a temporary error.
mail.whatever.com doesn't seem to exist.
But you may also have to read
http://wiki.exim.org/DontObfuscate
and also
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users
