Re: [exim] logs

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Author: Jan Ingvoldstad
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Subject: Re: [exim] logs
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Marcin Mirosław <marcin@???> wrote:

> W dniu 04.01.2013 10:13, eximmail pisze:
> Hi!
> > I am getting this in my log files a lot and am wondering why?
> >
> >
> > no IP address found for host phpbbspprt840.gmail.com (during SMTP
> > connection from unlocktheinbox.com (mail.unlocktheinbox.com)
> > [168.144.32.45])
>


This is just a case of somebody providing incorrect information during the
SMTP connection, it is nothing to worry much about.

In our authenticated server log so far today, there are more than 14
thousand such entries, though not for phpbbspprt840.gmail.com in particular.


> Please show content of /etc/resolv.conf , /etc/hosts
> and what `hostname` says.
> And I think this isn't problem with exim but with configuration of your OS.
>


No, that is a red herring. The hostname phpbbspprt840.gmail.com does not
exist in DNS:

; <<>> DiG 9.7.6-P1 <<>> phpbbspprt840.gmail.com @ns1.google.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 56902
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;phpbbspprt840.gmail.com.    IN    A


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
gmail.com.        60    IN    SOA    ns1.google.com. dns-admin.google.com.
1508103 21600 3600 1209600 300


;; Query time: 32 msec
;; SERVER: 216.239.32.10#53(216.239.32.10)
;; WHEN: Fri Jan 4 10:49:17 2013
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 98

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Jan