[TriLUG] Sendmail problem

[Jon Carnes]

Check to see if your server has just *sent* them mail right before this
warning occurs.... Some servers hold your mail in a queue (or even hold
the connection open) while they check to see if your mail came from a
legitimate email server.

To do this, they open a connection with your mail server then drop the
connection. This causes similar "errors" but is really just the
receiving server checking (in a rude way) that you are legit.

Jon Carnes

On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 22:04, Mark Fowle wrote:
> I am having a problem with a few servers that are trying to send me 
> mail.   I am using Sendmail/MailScanner -on a RHEL 4 server - Here's the 
> error:
> 
> /*Oct 13 21:10:24 tips5100 sendmail[4892]: j9DNdTXD004892: collect: 
> premature EOM: Connection reset by mailrelay.asce.org
> Oct 13 21:10:24 tips5100 sendmail[4892]: j9DNdTXD004892: SYSERR(root): 
> collect: I/O error on connection from mailrelay.asce.org, 
> from=<cmcnaughton at asce.org>
> Oct 13 21:10:24 tips5100 sendmail[4892]: j9DNdTXD004892: 
> from=<cmcnaughton at asce.org>, size=145538, class=0, nrcpts=1, 
> proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=mailrelay.asce.org [192.246.0.240]
> */
> 
> I've tried googling but I can't seem to find anything....  Is it 
> something on my end that is cutting off the transfer?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
>