Re: [exim] remote smtp 521. Exim drops email silently! Bug?

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] remote smtp 521. Exim drops email silently! Bug?
On 01/04/2021 00:58, krzf83--- via Exim-users wrote:
> I got remote mail server that for some reason don't accept connections
> from my IP this way:
> # nc mx.poczta.onet.pl 25
> 220-mx.poczta.onet.pl ESMTP
> 521 5.7.1 Service unavailable; client [5.9.116.9] blocked using
> postscreenbl.opbl.onet.pl.
>
> Which is fine but my exim drops email from queue silently, no delivery
> attempt is logged and bounce is not generated which obviously is
> terrible.
>
> 2021-04-01 01:54:45 1lRkfc-0001w9-TQ <= test@xxxxxxxx H=(xxxxxxxx)
> [127.0.0.1]:53112 I=[127.0.0.1]:587 P=esmtpa
> A=fixed_plain:test@xxxxxxxxx S=1159
> id=c90e9f920c38d302dfe2e213ab7b9cbc@xxxxxxxxxx T="test" from
> <test@xxxxxxxxx> for sdfadbvzxcbert@???
> 2021-04-01 01:54:45 cwd=/var/spool/exim 3 args: /usr/exim/bin/exim -Mc
> 1lRkfc-0001w9-TQ
> .
>


That message should be still in your queue, waiting for a retry.
Check with "mailq".

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Cheers,
Jeremy