[exim] Error: maximum allowed line length is 998 octets, got…

Hi,

I'm just noticing that I am not able to receive any email in my account.
They all get blocked with the following message issued:


2017-09-13 11:26:33 1ds3wH-0003N5-Bs H=mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.19]
X=TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128 CV=no F=<xxxxxxxxx@???>
rejected after DATA: maximum allowed line length is 998 octets, got 76

So I tried to amateurly comment out the section in exim.conf:

  #deny    message    = maximum allowed line length is 998 octets, \
  #                     got $max_received_linelength
  #deny    condition  = ${if > {$max_received_linelength}{998}}

and the error became:

2017-09-13 11:34:07 1ds43b-0004yq-UV <= xxxxxxxxx@??? H=mout.gmx.net
[212.227.15.18] P=esmtps X=TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128 CV=no
S=2150 id=3f5a9488-75fd-5d1e-8ac4-004e7564f8f9@???
2017-09-13 11:34:08 1ds43b-0004yq-UV == xxxx@???
R=local_users T=dovecot_lmtp defer (-1): LMTP connection closed after
initial connection
2017-09-13 11:34:08 1ds43b-0004yq-UV ** xxxx@???: retry
timeout exceeded
2017-09-13 11:34:08 1ds43c-0004yv-14 <= <> R=1ds43b-0004yq-UV U=exim
P=local S=3371
2017-09-13 11:34:08 1ds43b-0004yq-UV Completed
2017-09-13 11:34:08 1ds43c-0004yv-14 => xxxxxxxxx@??? R=dnslookup
T=remote_smtp H=mx01.gmx.net [212.227.17.4]
X=TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128 CV=yes C="250 Requested mail
action okay, completed: id=1MfJ1n-1dCvTb0izb-00g98M"
2017-09-13 11:34:08 1ds43c-0004yv-14 Completed

Can you please provide some suggestions on how to resolve this issue?

My VPS is Arch Linux 64 bit.

[root@whatsthecraic mail]# exim --version
Exim version 4.89 #1 built 26-Mar-2017 09:45:55



Thanks,

yours Quaquaraqua