We had a similar problem with our exchange server until I changed the bb-services file to be:
[smtp] send "helo\r\nquit\r\n" expect "220" options banner port 25
Now the exchange response to smtp is much more stable, but my linux sendmail servers complain more often. I guess I need to make a smtpex with the above and restore the original smtp definition, which seemed to work better with Linux. Why can't MS just do things to standards?
......Bruce
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From: Geoff Hallford [mailto:geoff.hallford at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:53 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Service smtp on xxxxxx is not OK : Unexpected service response
I have also seen this happen when the response is slow from the mail server to show the 220 message. It does show it but is slow for some reason. I create a new service called smtp-slow by adding the following and then configure the bb-hosts entry with 'smtp-slow' instead of smtp. Just a thought.
This way it doesn't require a 220 response but if it gets a valid "connection" it is okay. If it can't open a connection, it goes red. It does limit the amount of app validation but it is the only thing that worked in my case.
[smtp-slow] send "mail\r\nquit\r\n" options banner port 25 On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Andrew Clarke <andrew at bccit.co.uk <mailto:andrew at bccit.co.uk> > wrote: As it happens, there are PIXs between the hobbit server & all the Exchange servers. However, they've all been there for ages (years in some cases).
I'll have a chat with our resident Cisco guru & see if he made any changes at our end around 6th June, when things stopped working.
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You wouldn't happen to have a Cisco PIX/ASA between the hobbit host and the mail server, with it configured to do "fixup"? Those are known for breaking things ;) Rob MacGregor
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