README.exim installation instructions make error mails

[Willem Kuiters]

Hello

On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:53:47AM +0200, Vincent Meoc wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using mailscanner(debian package 3.13.2-2) with exim (Debian package, version 3.35) on 3 different servers since few times (2 weeks)
> and on each of them after 2 days of production I got some errors about
> the defer director.
> Here is an example :
>
> /var/log/exim/mainlog/
> 2002-06-13 07:40:01 17INKp-0004YI-00 == userx at duke-interactive.com
> D=defer_director defer (-1): forced defer: All deliveries are deferred
> 2002-06-13 07:40:01 17INKp-0004YI-00 ** userx at duke-interactive.com:
> retry timeout exceeded
> 2002-06-13 07:40:01 17INKz-0004cu-00 <= <> R=17INKp-0004YI-00 U=mail
> P=local S=31327
> 2002-06-13 07:40:01 17INKp-0004YI-00 Error message sent to
> alerte at lesechos.fr
>
> or in the same file :
> 2002-06-13 11:50:01 17IREs-0006LI-00 == some_users at yahoo.fr
> R=defer_router defer (-1): remote host address is the local host
> 2002-06-13 11:50:01 17IREs-0006LI-00 ** some_users at yahoo.fr:
> retry timeout exceeded
> 2002-06-13 11:50:01 17IREv-0006LS-00 <= <> R=17IREs-0006LI-00 U=mail
> P=local S=3108
> 2002-06-13 11:50:01 17IREs-0006LI-00 Error message sent to
> yuser at duke-interactive.com

OK, this looks like a DNS related problem. I recently had the same error
messages and somehow fixed them by changing /etc/hosts. I am terribly
sorry that I do not remember exactly what I did. That should teach me to be
more precise in the future and keep records of the solutions I sometimes
find!

Willem
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