n@netscape.net wrote:
> 2005-02-04 19:51:21 SMTP command timeout on connection from
> psmtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.56]
> Patrick Holthuizen wrote:
> > And yes, the problem is with Planet Internet
> >
> > - I don't receive messages that don't even have a log entry.
> > - I get the same error you have
> > - And I get time out errors on wxs.nl
> > - Some messages get through okay....
> >
> >
> > A.I. van Berkel wrote:
> >
> >> Hello all,
> >> I have a mail problems with very little information to solve it. I'm
> >> hoping someone else has come across this before and can provide some
> >> hints.
> >> Our ISP relays the MX records destined to our domain directly to the
> >> mail server. The server is behind a firewall on a private network. The
> >> firewall directs any smtp requests to the mail server. This all worked
> >> quite well until three days ago. Since feb. 1 we do not recieve mail
> >> from outside our ISP's network anymore. Sending mail to anywhere is no
> >> problem. Recieving mail from people with the same ISP is also no
> >> problem. Mail from outside the ISP's network yields the following
> >> message in exims mainlog:
> >>
> >> 2005-02-03 10:43:28 SMTP protocol violation: synchronization error
> >> (input sent without waiting for greeting): rejected connection from
> >> H=psmtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.56]
> >>
> >> The configuration of our mailserver has not changed on feb. 1, but our
> >> ISP has changed to a different mail-relay server on that date. The ISP
> >> insists that the problem must be a configuration error on my server,
> >> but he doesn't provide me with any pointers as to what has changed in
> >> his configurations. Since the start of this problem correlates very
> >> well with the commissioning of his new servers, I suspect that there
> >> must be some sort of mismatch between the configuration of the two
> >> servers.
> >> Does anyone recognize this. I do not know which conf parameters to
> >> look for. I tried switching RFC1413 callbacks on and off with no
> >> result. If it is not my configuration, how do I convince my ISP to
> >> check his again?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Arij van Berkel
> >>
> >> NB: please respond to the group as I cannot recieve mail.
> >>
> >>

Thanks

phil_w@duskmail.com