[TriLUG] Sendmail problem

[mark at thefowles.com]

No - it's incoming all alone -- This is the only site with the problem -
I'd like to think that its their issue, but..... ah, that nagging feeling
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> Check to see if your server has just *sent* them mail right before this
> warning occurs.... Some servers hold your mail in a queue (or even hold
> the connection open) while they check to see if your mail came from a
> legitimate email server.
>
> To do this, they open a connection with your mail server then drop the
> connection. This causes similar "errors" but is really just the
> receiving server checking (in a rude way) that you are legit.
>
> Jon Carnes
>
> On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 22:04, Mark Fowle wrote:
>> I am having a problem with a few servers that are trying to send me
>> mail.   I am using Sendmail/MailScanner -on a RHEL 4 server - Here's the
>> error:
>>
>> /*Oct 13 21:10:24 tips5100 sendmail[4892]: j9DNdTXD004892: collect:
>> premature EOM: Connection reset by mailrelay.asce.org
>> Oct 13 21:10:24 tips5100 sendmail[4892]: j9DNdTXD004892: SYSERR(root):
>> collect: I/O error on connection from mailrelay.asce.org,
>> from=<cmcnaughton at asce.org>
>> Oct 13 21:10:24 tips5100 sendmail[4892]: j9DNdTXD004892:
>> from=<cmcnaughton at asce.org>, size=145538, class=0, nrcpts=1,
>> proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=mailrelay.asce.org [192.246.0.240]
>> */
>>
>> I've tried googling but I can't seem to find anything....  Is it
>> something on my end that is cutting off the transfer?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
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