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From:
Charlie Brady
Date:
April 12, 2006 08:42
Subject:
Re: Novabackup mail dropped due to 451 error
Message ID:
Pine.LNX.4.61.0604121139150.29578@e-smith.charlieb.ott.istop.com

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, john habermann wrote:

> Hi Peter
>
> On 4/7/06, Peter J. Holzer <hjp@hjp.at> wrote:
>> On 2006-04-07 14:55:58 +1000, john habermann wrote:
>>
>> Since the error occurs within less than 1 second of the start of the
>> transmission, it can't be a timeout. So the connection is probably
>> dropped for some reason. It is probably best to use a packet sniffer
>> (ethereal works well in my experience) to check what the client and
>> server actually send.
>
> I have used tethereal to capture the communication between the server.
> This is what I have between the 354 go ahead and the 451 error:
>
> 45.636243    10.1.0.10 -> 10.1.0.143   SMTP Response: 354 go ahead
> 45.636415   10.1.0.143 -> 10.1.0.10    TCP 1847 > smtp [FIN, ACK]
> Seq=227 Ack=479 Win=65057 Len=0
> 45.639529    10.1.0.10 -> 10.1.0.143   SMTP Response: 451 Incomplete DATA
>
> I am afraid it doesn't mean anything to me. Should I try capturing the
> full packet information rather than trying just the summary of the
> packets.

Well, yes, ... but I think you have shown enough to say that the client 
has asked to close the connection without sending any data.

What do the client logs say? Do you have a support arrangement with the 
vendor of the client software?

---
Charlie

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