Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:38:21 +1000 From: Andrew Thomson <andrewjt@applecomm.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd 5.2.1 and exim 4.30 problems Message-ID: <1080707901.6758.18.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net>
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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.
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