> QMail cant send mails to some domains because I get this message:
>
> Nov 10 16:08:00 medusa qmail: 942246480.704387 delivery 21: deferral:
> Connected_to_131.246.137.51_but_greeting_failed./Remote_host_said:
> _451_Connection_Refused_(Paranoid)_from:_195.227.34.12/
>
> while telneting works fine:
>
> [root@medusa log]# telnet 131.246.137.51 25
> Trying 131.246.137.51...
> Connected to 131.246.137.51.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 news.uni-kl.de Server SMTP (Complaints/bugs to:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> Now. What might be the problem here???? I really have no idea..
Is it possible that the hostname your machine is giving in the HELO
fails some paranoid DNS check, and the 451 is their response to your
machine's HELO? What happens if you telnet in and say "HELO 'me'" where
'me' is the contents of /var/qmail/control/me?
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gowen -- Greg Owen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
