[afnog] sendmail problem

[Alex Gondwe]

On 9 Dec 2005 at 12:22, Brian Candler wrote:

It finally worked out. Somebody had implemented some settings on the pix firewall which 
were causing the problems. Thanks.

> On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 08:52:32AM +0200, agondwe wrote:
> > I am seeing the error below the maillog when sending mail from a windows machto a linux 
> > mailbox. I am using sendmail.
> > 
> > did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
> 
> Probably because when whatever machine connected to the remote mailserver,
> it did not issue a MAIL/EXPN/VRFY or ETRN command. In other words, it didn't
> try to send any message.
> 
> > Does anyknow the reason for this error?
> 
> You need to be a *lot* more specific about your setup:
> 
> * What type of machine is sending? What type of machine is receiving? What
> mail software are both ends running?
> 
> * What *exactly* do you see on the sending machine? What *exactly* do you
> see on the receiving machine? If you get logs, then post the entire,
> complete log line, not just a few words from it.