Re: [exim] smtp timeouts / what to look for

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Author: Zbigniew Szalbot
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To: Renaud Allard
CC: Exim Mailing List
Subject: Re: [exim] smtp timeouts / what to look for
Hello again,

2008/3/13, Renaud Allard <renaud@???>:
>
>
> Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
>
> >
> > I do seem to be having some basic problem with (tcp)traceroute:
> >
> > tcptraceroute 209.191.118.103 25
> > Selected device fxp0, address 192.168.16.4, port 56180 for outgoing packets
> > Tracing the path to 209.191.118.103 on TCP port 25, 30 hops max
>
> SNIP
>
> >
> > tcptraceroute tahini.csx.cam.ac.uk 25
> > Selected device fxp0, address 192.168.16.4, port 49894 for outgoing packets
> > Tracing the path to tahini.csx.cam.ac.uk (131.111.8.192) on TCP port
> > 25, 30 hops max
> > 1 * * *
> > 2 * * *
> > 3 * * *
> > 4 * * *
> >
> > Although
> > telnet tahini.csx.cam.ac.uk 25
> > Trying 2001:630:200:8080:204:23ff:fed6:b664...
> > telnet: connect to address 2001:630:200:8080:204:23ff:fed6:b664: No
> > route to host
> > Trying 131.111.8.192...
> > Connected to tahini.csx.cam.ac.uk.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 220 tahini.csx.cam.ac.uk ESMTP Exim 4.69 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:06:19 +0000
> >
>
>
> This more than probably means that your firewall is blocking the trick
> used by the traceroute utility, maybe by imposing a fixed ttl or using
> some protocol inspection. I'd suggest you see with the person in charge
> of the firewall to at least temporarily permit tcptraceroute on port 25.


I have eventually connected my box straight to the modem and:
1/ I am still getting timeouts to Yahoo (though they claim not to block us)
2/ I can at least use (tcp)traceroute and here are some logs. Can you
help me interpret them? Am I right in thinking that the connection
times out somewhere at yahoo border machines?

If I remeber correctly, this one is from tcptraceroute a.mx.mail.yahoo.com 25:

1 cxw209.internetdsl.tpnet.pl (83.19.156.209) 9.729 ms 9.325 ms 9.994 ms
2 byd-ru1.idsl.tpnet.pl (213.25.2.164) 12.584 ms 86.020 ms 9.611 ms
3 z.byd-ru1.do.byd-r2.tpnet.pl (213.25.5.165) 9.702 ms 9.718 ms 9.981 ms
4 so-0-3-0.war-r4.tpnet.pl (194.204.175.221) 12.253 ms 12.686 ms 12.306 ms
5 po8-0.nykcr2.NewYork.opentransit.net (193.251.251.69) 126.360 ms
149.051 ms 351.378 ms
6 gi0-0-0.nykcr3.NewYork.opentransit.net (193.251.240.230) 119.395
ms 120.847 ms 119.446 ms
7 po10-0.ashcr2.Ashburn.opentransit.net (193.251.243.1) 121.575 ms
121.886 ms 121.404 ms
8 ge-0-1-0-0.atlcr3.Atlanta.opentransit.net (193.251.243.178)
136.551 ms 136.275 ms 172.029 ms
9 pos0-0-2-0.daltr1.Dallas.opentransit.net (193.251.241.17) 158.566
ms 158.634 ms 158.842 ms
10 so-3-0-0-0.dalcr2.Dallas.opentransit.net (193.251.241.18) 157.308
ms !A 157.348 ms !A 156.995 ms !A

and this one from traceroute a.mx.mail.yahoo.com

 1  cxw209.internetdsl.tpnet.pl (83.19.156.209)  0.579 ms  0.362 ms  0.197 ms
 2  byd-ru1.idsl.tpnet.pl (213.25.2.164)  9.273 ms  8.890 ms  8.509 ms
 3  z.byd-ru1.do.byd-r2.tpnet.pl (213.25.5.165)  8.337 ms  8.410 ms  8.022 ms
 4  so-0-3-0.war-r4.tpnet.pl (194.204.175.221)  12.273 ms  12.566 ms  12.598 ms
 5  po8-0.nykcr2.NewYork.opentransit.net (193.251.251.69)  126.506 ms
126.572 ms  126.242 ms
 6  po11-0.nykcr3.NewYork.opentransit.net (193.251.242.210)  120.184
ms  119.696 ms  119.837 ms
 7  po10-0.ashcr2.Ashburn.opentransit.net (193.251.243.1)  129.183 ms
121.397 ms  128.014 ms
 8  so-1-0-0-0.atlcr3.Atlanta.opentransit.net (193.251.240.154)
135.362 ms  209.650 ms  204.099 ms
 9  pos0-1-0-0.daltr1.Dallas.opentransit.net (193.251.241.34)  155.429
ms  157.005 ms  156.540 ms
10  so-4-0-0-0.dalcr2.Dallas.opentransit.net (193.251.241.33)  154.635
ms  155.422 ms  155.229 ms
11  POS5-0.GW5.DFW7.ALTER.NET (157.130.138.121)  155.213 ms  155.277
ms  155.584 ms
12  0.so-0-0-0.XL1.DFW7.ALTER.NET (152.63.101.34)  154.989 ms  155.496
ms  153.983 ms
13  0.so-3-0-0.XL3.DFW13.ALTER.NET (152.63.98.90)  155.185 ms  155.737
ms  155.086 ms
14  0.so-6-0-0.BR1.DFW13.ALTER.NET (152.63.98.65)  156.334 ms  155.573
ms  155.131 ms
15  204.255.168.86 (204.255.168.86)  156.344 ms  154.784 ms  155.407 ms
16  tbr2.dlstx.ip.att.net (12.123.16.30)  158.997 ms  157.998 ms  157.823 ms
17  12.122.100.77 (12.122.100.77)  155.311 ms  156.271 ms  186.044 ms
18  12.86.20.18 (12.86.20.18)  157.491 ms  158.017 ms  158.116 ms
19  ge-1-1-0-p110.msr2.mud.yahoo.com (216.115.104.109)  157.860 ms
    ge-1-1-0-p100.msr1.mud.yahoo.com (216.115.104.105)  155.660 ms
    ge-0-1-0-p110.msr2.mud.yahoo.com (216.115.104.101)  158.027 ms
20  ge-8-1.bas-g2.mud.yahoo.com (68.142.193.215)  158.201 ms
    ge-9-1.bas-g2.mud.yahoo.com (68.142.193.223)  155.621 ms
    ge-8-1.bas-g1.mud.yahoo.com (68.142.193.213)  159.981 ms
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Thank you very much in advance!

--
Zbigniew Szalbot