[Mailman-Users] Temporary local problem - please try later

[Brad Knowles]

At 8:43 PM -0700 11/12/06, J.R. Constance wrote:

>  I have something like 180000 lines in the failure log either with
>  this 451 error or with s. Any idea what could be causing this?

I've been using Unix and the Internet for over twenty-two years, a 
professional Unix system administrator for over seventeen years, and 
specializing in managing Internet e-mail systems for over fourteen 
years.

Congratulations, this is a first -- I don't recall having ever seen 
this particular error message before in my life.  And at this stage 
in my career, I don't get too many of those.


This is almost certainly a problem in your local MTA, where Mailman 
is unable to hand off messages to the mail server for some reason.

What MTA are you using -- is it Exim?  How is that configured?  Have 
you checked the MTA logs, to see what it says about this issue?  Have 
you checked to make sure that your DNS is configured correctly?

Have you checked the relevant FAQ entries regarding MTA problems and 
non-delivery issues?

Have you checked your MTA configuration to make sure that it is 
turning off all anti-spam/anti-virus checks for all outbound 
messages, as suggested in the FAQ?  If you can't do that, can you at 
least confirm that your anti-virus scanning system is working 
properly?

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