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Mail wont forward to exchange server on 5.101

Ran 5.026 succecsully with no problems.

Upgraded to 5.101 and now incoming mail wont forward to the exchange server. Log file shows:

no host name found for IP address 192.9.220.3 (thats the ip of exchange server)

T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time
not reached for any host (for all incoming mail)

Added an entry in the /etc/hosts file so it can resolve to a name but no joy. Have not changed any SMTP settings as I belive all the new security features as switched off by default.

Out going mail works fine.

Any ideas anyone...?

Thanks
Bryan

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0 omega over 20 years ago

[ QUOTE ]
Ran 5.026 succecsully with no problems.

no host name found for IP address 192.9.220.3 (thats the ip of exchange server)

T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time
not reached for any host (for all incoming mail)

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The "no host name" is not an error. It should have happened
with 5.026.
Look for an real error message.....
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0 Bryan_01 over 20 years ago in reply to omega

Just double checked my 5.026 log file and no, I didn't get this error then.

Anymore ideas anyone?

Thanks
Bryan
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0 SecApp over 20 years ago in reply to Bryan_01

Sounds like DNS resolution is messed up on the box; go to tools and try a ping by name of the Exchange server (both fully qualified domain name and just hostname).

Is there anything peculiar about your server name?
(underscores?)
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0 Bryan_01 over 20 years ago in reply to SecApp

I'll check it out but I did add an entry into /etc/hosts to take care of any resolution issues. Server is called seamonkey.
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0 Bryan_01 over 20 years ago in reply to SecApp

I'll check it out but I did add an entry into /etc/hosts to take care of any resolution issues. Server is called seamonkey.
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0 bagira over 20 years ago in reply to Bryan_01

Bryan,

the error 'retry time not reached' appaers in the logfile, if your mailserver is not reachable for a certain time period. To fix this, just delete the files in the directory /var/chroot-smtp/spool/db. The retry.lockfile prevents that your mail are forwarded to your mailserver.
Cheers
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0 Bryan_01 over 20 years ago in reply to bagira

A gold star for you bagira !!

That fixed it...

Many thanks
Bryan
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