From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 20:41:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A1C116A4CF for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:41:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.au.itouchnet.net (nat2.au.itouchnet.net [144.135.23.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 449D243D2D for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:41:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrewjt@applecomm.net) Received: from nobody by mx1.au.itouchnet.net with scanned_ok (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1B8XY8-000AV8-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:42:00 +1000 Received: from [192.168.13.111] (helo=[192.168.13.111]) by mx1.au.itouchnet.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1B8XY7-000AV1-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:41:59 +1000 From: Andrew Thomson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1080707901.6758.18.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:38:21 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Checked: Scanned for any viruses and unauthorized attachments at mx1.au.itouchnet.net X-iScan-ID: 40366-1080708119-32288@mx1.au.itouchnet.net version $Name: REL_2_0_2 $ Subject: freebsd 5.2.1 and exim 4.30 problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 04:41:36 -0000 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!! ;) Thanks, ajt.