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Old 02-19-2008, 01:41 PM
William Hunt
 
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Default Re: strange log entry

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, William Hunt wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Scott Eberl wrote:
>> Aug 12 10:30:52 turncoat postfix/qmgr[23763]: F02CB2AF4F:
>> from=<nobody@turncoat.area420.net>, size=443, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
>> Aug 12 10:31:22 turncoat postfix/smtp[24919]: connect to
>> example.com[192.0.34.166]: Connection timed out (port 25)
>> Aug 12 10:31:22 turncoat postfix/smtp[24919]: F02CB2AF4F:
>> to=<you@example.com>, relay=none, delay=256173, status=deferred (connect
>> to example.com[192.0.34.166]: Connection timed out)

[...]
> it looks like your machine is trying to send mail to you@example.com,
> and example.com is answering the HELO but ignoring you after that.


oof, no - your machine is trying to send mail to you@example.com,
pulled the ip# out of DNS, tried to open SMTP and finally timed out
because example.com is happily ignoring you.









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