Re: [exim] incoming message lost

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Author: Chambers, Phil
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] incoming message lost


> -----Original Message-----
> From: exim-users-bounces@???
> [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of Francesco Pasqualini
> Sent: Mon 01 September 2008 15:47
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [exim] incoming message lost
>
> Yes you are right, may be the message are queued in the
> sender mailserver,
> that will retry in the future....
> but the problem remain... every attempt to send mail from
> some domains get
> lost connection problem...
>
>
> > No message was ever received to be lost, as the sending
> side never made
> > it past the initial connection. Spambots and some really
> crappy old mail
> > servers do this. Any decent mail server will try again.
> >
> > Generally, not something to worry about.


Do you have an application-level firewall between the Internet and your
mail server? If you do have, it may be deciding not to allow the
connection to continue because of rules of its own.

Check with your networking people to find out what is between your mail
server and your Internet link.

Regards,

Phil.
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Phil Chambers
Postmaster
University of Exeter