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Date:      Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:59:05 +1000
From:      Andrew Thomson <andrewjt@applecomm.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd 5.2.1 and exim 4.30 problems
Message-ID:  <1080712745.721.1.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <1080710652.6758.22.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net>
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On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 15:24, Andrew Thomson wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 14:38, Andrew Thomson wrote:
> > I have a bit of strange problem and I'm nearly at my witts end as to
> > what the cause of the problem is.
> > 
> > Basically I installed a 5.2-RELEASE box and setup my new mailserver.
> > Then used portupgrade to upgrade any newer versions of software
> > installed.
> > 
> > I then cvsup'ed to 5.2.1-p4 and now things aren't working too well.
> > 
> > mx2# telnet 0 25
> > Trying 0.0.0.0...
> > Connected to 0.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 220 mx2 ESMTP Exim 4.30 Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:27:14 +1000
> > 421 mx2 lost input connection
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > 
> > I always get this "connection closed" business before I can send any
> > commands through!
> > 
> > The problem is that everything works on my desktop, which is a
> > 5.2.1-p4/exim 4.30 combo - thus proving everything should work fine.
> > 
> > The only real differences I guess are in the hardware. The new
> > mailserver is an SMP box whilst my box is just a standard desktop.
> > 
> > I've tried the following to no avail:
> > 
> > * portupgrade -Rf exim
> > * make kernel (use GENERIC)
> > * make kernel (use GENERIC but no smp)
> > * build/installworld then portupgrade -Rf exim
> > 
> > Everything was working fine but now it's pooched! I'm not sure what to
> > try next as I had this box all setup ready to be dropped into production
> > and then this issue arose!
> > 
> > Every other part of the box works fine - ssh, courier-imap, ldap etc
> > etc.. But not being able to receive mail is quite a fundamental problem!
> > 
> > Any thoughts on what to try next would be appreciated. System rebuild
> > isn't high on the agenda!! ;)
> > 
> Something else I've noted.
> 
> On my desktop where it works:
> 
> 1011# ps auxwww | grep exim
> mailnull 99630  0.0  0.8  5284 2144  ??  Ss    3:21PM   0:00.00
> /usr/local/sbin/exim -bd -q30m (exim-4.30-2)
> 
> And on the new mailserver:
> 
> mx2# ps auxwww | grep exim
> mailnull   766  0.0  0.2  5844 3180  ??  Ss    3:26PM   0:00.00
> /usr/local/sbin/exim -bd -q30m (exim-4.30-2)
> root       767  0.0  0.1  5836 3124  ??  S     3:26PM   0:00.02
> /usr/local/sbin/exim -q (exim-4.30-2)
> root       768  0.0  0.2  5896 3216  ??  S     3:26PM   0:00.00
> /usr/local/sbin/exim -q (exim-4.30-2)
> mailnull     0  0.0  0.0     0    0  ??  ZW   -         0:00.00 
> (exim-4.30-2)
> 
> This is after and /etc/rc.d/exim start.
> 
> No exim processes were running before the exim start.
> 
> Interesting?
> 
> ajt.

And another point of interest,

mx2# telnet 0 25
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mx2.au.itouchnet.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.10/8.12.10; Wed, 31 Mar
2004 16:01:19 +1000 (EST)
mail from: andrewjt@applecomm.net
250 2.1.0 andrewjt@applecomm.net... Sender ok

So sendmail works ok...

Velly interesting!

ajt.




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