Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:24:12 +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: <1080710652.6758.22.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> In-Reply-To: <1080707901.6758.18.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> References: <1080707901.6758.18.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net>
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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.
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