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Re: [cobalt-users] noqueue in maillog



On Mon Aug 25, 2003 - 06:17:15PM, Alfredo Musse T. wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what does this means in the maillog?
> 
> NOQUEUE: [200.60.186.87] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during
> connection to MTA
> 
> The IP is a user's DSL connection.

It means that someone issued a telnet on port 25 and submitted an EXIT only
- usually this is done to check whether a mail service is running on port
25.

If Sun didn't change it this is also the log message whenever the Raq checks
whether the mail service is still active.

MfG
Andreas Banze

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