[plug] exim: SMTP error from remote mailer after end of data {} incoming data timeout - closing connection

[Onno Benschop]

Hi all,

Here's a curly one for you...

My workstation runs exim. I send mail to another server which turns out
to also be running exim. The message never gets delivered.

Me:	Exim version 3.36 #1 built 12-Mar-2003 20:59:47
Them:	Exim version 4.10 #2 built 6/-11/-2 10:10:10

My logs say:

      * SMTP error from remote mailer after end of data: host
        {theirHostName} [{theirHostIP}]: 421 {theirHostName} SMTP
        incoming data timeout - closing connection.

Theirs have lots of log entries like:

      * SMTP data timeout (message abandoned) on connection from
        ({myHostName}) [{myHostIP}]

Also, a few others like:

      * SMTP command timeout on connection from [{myHostIP}]
      * SMTP connection from ({myHostName}) [{myHostIP}] lost while
        reading message data (header)
      * SMTP data timeout (message abandoned) on connection from
        ({myHostName}) [{myHostIP}]

Anyone seen this before?

I read one message online that talked about a missing <LF> at the end of
a message, but I don't know if that is a red herring.


Onno Benschop 

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