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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>Hello everyone,</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>For months now I've been using relaydelay-0.04 with out
any issue (that I was aware of) and have been very happy with it's
performance. However, recently I made the mistake of improperly, manually,
adding a record to the relaytofrom table to whitelist a new VPN subnet.
After doing one additional record was created and no more. It just
kept writing over the same record over and over. A couple of days later I
reset the server and after that a majority --NOT ALL-- but a large number of
mail began being TEMPFAILed and the sending SMTP servers
(including SMPT servers on the local LAN) only attempted to re-deliver the
messages a few times (that I can tell from the log files) and then
stopped. Unfortunately the problem began on a Friday afternoon and
wasn't noticed until Sunday afternoon. </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>I'm not an SMPT guru but I thought most SANE smtp
servers (Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, etc etc.) would attempt delivery for about 4-5
days (by default) -- (along with sending a message back saying it couldn't the
send after 4hrs). I'm very confused.</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>This morning I dropped and recreated the
database and I've been watching the growth of the records which has raised
another concern. There are records where a triplet (ip address, from and
to) failed many times (27 times in one case) w/out a success.
Same sending IP, same from and same to address. Again, I'm very
confused.</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>I'm wondering if 4.7.1 is not the best TEMPFAIL code to
use. I was reading <A
href="http://www.sendmail.org/8.13.0.html">http://www.sendmail.org/8.13.0.html</A><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#000000> and it have the
following</FONT> </FONT><FONT color=#000000>--
</FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>Do not use 4.7.1 as enhanced status code because some
broken systems misinterpret it as a permanent error. Would<SPAN
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reject=451 4.3.0 be more
appropriate?</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>Finally, does anyone have a suggestion for monitoring
the health of relaydelay for problems/tempfail issues at the SMTP
level?</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>Thanks,</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=716410419-08022005>Jim</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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