On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 04:59:20PM -0400, Brett Borger wrote:
> > Unfortunately, qmail-smtpd does not *make* any log entries. This is a
> > huge defect, as you can see. You'll have to rely getting the bounce
> > messages, whereever they wind up.
>
> Can someone please explain what these messages in /var/log/maillog
> mean? (RH5.2 sys, I installed qmail, but I probably botched it) It
> appears that messages to most hosts are sent as intended,
> but anything to @psu.edu gets deferred (We haven't noticed any lost
> mail, and we've been running for a while, albeit with only a little
> mail, so I'm assuming they eventually get through). I'm told psu.edu
> is a multi-homed host, and that that may be a source of problems. Is
> this it? Is it something else? How do I correct it?
The messages say, "unable to establish an SMTP connection," and this is exactly
what they mean. I just tried connecting to port 25 on each of psu.edu's MX
hosts, and they all refused the connection. Apparently they're having problems
of some sort.
Chris
