ETRN message

[Gerry Doris]

> I have been watching my mail log with MailScanner and noticed the below
> syntax and don't understand what it is saying.  Would anyone have a
> suggestion?  I tried to send me an email and it has not been delivers.  My
> gateway forwards the mail to an internal email exchange server.  The SPAM
> gateway is running the latest SA and MS.
>
> Jan 19 08:42:38 mail sendmail[30274]: i0JEgcjd030274: [x.x.x.x] did not
> issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
>
> Pentium IV, RH9, 1.5 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD, and f-prot
>
> SD :-)
>
 Do a "telnet server_name 25" and issue a "ehlo" command.  Exit telnet and
look at your mail log.

Gerry