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Author: Dave Evans
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To: Sam Walters
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] [new to exim] exim server not sending host name andfailing verification.
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 05:03:45PM +1100, Sam Walters wrote:
> Hi
> I am a web software developer by trade and this is my first foray into
> configuring exim.


Welcome :-)

> I am setting up a new server and the configuration seems to fail when
> attempting to send email to other exim servers. (or other servers
> doing the same verification)
> The receiving exim server isn't able to verify my domain causing a
> verification error, which is emailed back to me.
>
>   info@<TEST_DOMAIN>.com
>     SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
> TO:<info@<TEST_DOMAIN>.com>:
>     host <TEST_DOMAIN>.com.au [203.130.28.14]: 550-Verification failed
> for <testfrom@<NEW_SERVER>.com.au>
>     550-Unrouteable address
>     550 Sender verify failed
> "


Either the problem is that you're sending broken domain names, e.g.
<TEST_DOMAIN>.com ("<" for example isn't a valid character in domain names),
or you're obfuscating, in which case please don't: see
http://wiki.exim.org/DontObfuscate for why not.

> I understand the verification process according to:
> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-3.20/doc/html/spec_45.html#SEC803


Either you're using a waaaay old version of Exim, or you're looking at the
wrong documentation. Please check your exim version (exim -bV) then find
documentation more appropriate to your version, e.g. perhaps
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.69/doc/html/spec_html/index.html if you're on
4.69.

> I need to fix my new server so it will send emails to servers that do
> a full reverse lookup of the senders email address otherwise ill run
> into all sorts of trouble sending email.
> Any relevent commands or a setting i have overlooked whilst setting up
> the server? (errors below) Or further reading i could do on this
> subject?


Without knowing the domain name in question (see above), impossible to say.

Let's have some more solid information then we'll see if we can help more.

Cheers!

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Dave Evans
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