freebsd 5.2.1 and exim 4.30 problems

From: Andrew Thomson (andrewjt_at_applecomm.net)
Date: 03/31/04

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:38:21 +1000

    I have a bit of strange problem and I'm nearly at my witts end as to
    what the cause of the problem is.

    Basically I installed a 5.2-RELEASE box and setup my new mailserver.
    Then used portupgrade to upgrade any newer versions of software
    installed.

    I then cvsup'ed to 5.2.1-p4 and now things aren't working too well.

    mx2# telnet 0 25
    Trying 0.0.0.0...
    Connected to 0.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    220 mx2 ESMTP Exim 4.30 Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:27:14 +1000
    421 mx2 lost input connection
    Connection closed by foreign host.

    I always get this "connection closed" business before I can send any
    commands through!

    The problem is that everything works on my desktop, which is a
    5.2.1-p4/exim 4.30 combo - thus proving everything should work fine.

    The only real differences I guess are in the hardware. The new
    mailserver is an SMP box whilst my box is just a standard desktop.

    I've tried the following to no avail:

    * portupgrade -Rf exim
    * make kernel (use GENERIC)
    * make kernel (use GENERIC but no smp)
    * build/installworld then portupgrade -Rf exim

    Everything was working fine but now it's pooched! I'm not sure what to
    try next as I had this box all setup ready to be dropped into production
    and then this issue arose!

    Every other part of the box works fine - ssh, courier-imap, ldap etc
    etc.. But not being able to receive mail is quite a fundamental problem!

    Any thoughts on what to try next would be appreciated. System rebuild
    isn't high on the agenda!! ;)

    Thanks,

    ajt.

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