Re: [exim] SMTP protocol synchronization

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Author: Graeme Fowler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] SMTP protocol synchronization
On 19 Nov 2015, at 22:04, onlineuser <onlineuser@???> wrote:
> I have following problem:
>
> 2015-11-19 11:59:06 SMTP protocol synchronization error (input sent without waiting for greeting): rejected connection from H=xxx [w.x.y.z] input="quit\r\n"
>
> root@host:~# telnet w.x.y.z 25
> Trying w.x.y.z...
> Connected to w.x.y.z.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> quit
> 554 SMTP synchronization error
> Connection closed by foreign host.


You didn't wait for the banner before typing 'QUIT'.

Clients must wait for the server to return a banner before making any input.

Graeme