[Pkg-exim4-users] send from MUA fails

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 06:53:56AM -0700, Hal wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2006, at 4:04 AM, Phillip Baker wrote:
> Here are the log entries for three recent attempts.
> 
> 2006-07-31 06:45:34 SMTP connection from [64.81.64.38]:56587 I= 
> [10.0.1.3]:25 (TCP/IP connection count = 1)
> 2006-07-31 06:45:34 SMTP connection from  
> dsl081-064-038.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([10.0.1.16]) [64.81.64.38]: 
> 56587 I=[10.0.1.3]:25 lost

The log entries and the debug output lead me to the conclusion that
the client unceremoniously drops the TCP connection without even
saying QUIT. I'd call that misbehavior.

It might help to look on the wire with tcpdump and/or ethereal to
learn what's really going on there.

Greetings
Marc

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