Re: [cobalt-users] Qube2 - NOQUEUE entries in Sendmail mail log

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John O'Keeffe wrote:
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> We are having great difficulty receiving mail messages from clients with
> hotmail accounts.  To the hotmail clients, the messages appear to go through
> fine - but our users don't receive the emails.  Emails to hotmail accounts
> are fine as well as all other mail seems to come and go fine.  Occaisonally
> a hotmail message will make it through, but it comes in hours after it was
> originally sent (if at all).
> 
> In the mail log  (/var/log/maillog ) I can see entries like the following:
> 
> May 11 13:16:46 mail sendmail[1592]: NOQUEUE: Null connection from
> f137.law9.hotmail.com [64.4.9.137]
> 
> This was the result of an attempt to email myself from a hotmail account.
> 
> Can anyone explain what is going on here and/or where to go from here?

Hotmail's servers are often overloaded.  Just as you'rs would be if you
were trying to host that many email accounts <wry grin>.

It sometimes takes an awfully long time to get mail in and out of
hotmail.  It drops mail as well, although hardly ever any spam <frown>.

Tell your clients the problem is with hotmail.  It is.

Jeff
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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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