From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Dec 13 14:24: 3 2000 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 14:23:59 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from negril.msrce.howard.edu (negril.msrce.howard.edu [138.238.128.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4528137B402 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:23:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (jackson@localhost) by negril.msrce.howard.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA22051; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:23:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:23:13 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Jackson To: mdickerson@officeonweb.net Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail NOQUEUE: Null connection from some.domain [a.b.c.d] In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001213111738.009a0e60@officeonweb.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Most likely Outlook is using a ms "feature" that is causing this. I have seen this problem when clients were set to to secure connections but the server wasn't. Aaron On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 mdickerson@officeonweb.net wrote: > I apologize that this is more of a sendmail question but I thought someone > here might know this one. > > We have a client that is unable to send out mail. > He is connecting to the server (though not able to send mail) but I find > this error in the logfile: > > Dec 13 08:53:51 ns1 sendmail[29411]: NOQUEUE: Null connection from > some.domain [a.b.c.d] > > This is a solo entry (no other related lines in the logfile). > > Eratta: > He uses Outlook. > He uses Qwest DSL (static ip: a.b.c.d). > We use a pop before smtp auth which works fine for our other clients. > > The sendmail site suggests: > "If it happens very often, it's either someone playing around or it's a > network problem." > Unfortunately, this is only mildy illuminating :/. > > Does anyone know what is causing this or how to resolve this issue? > > TIA, > > Mike Dickerson > OfficeOnWeb.net > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message