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Subject:[courier-users] Cannot relay mail through ISP (crashed child process)Actions...
From:Nathaniel Meyer (nath@hotmail.com)
Date:Sep 24, 2006 8:11:05 am
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Since my ISP blocks outgoing packets on port 25, I need to relay my mail through
their servers. My ISP requires secure authentication and doesn't support SSL.
Based on my configuration, this is what happens:

esmtproutes config file (forward all mail to isp) => ": <isp_mail_hostname>" esmtpauthclient => "<isp_mail_hostname> <user> <password>"

With this setup, courier log reports: "server courieresmtp: Crashed child
process 6337, while delivering to hotmail.com" when I send a test message (in
this case to hotmail). How can I find out more about what caused the child
process to crash? BTW, the hostname is resolved, so there's no DNS issues.

On another note, while my ISP does not support SSL, if I force it with the
security option in the esmtproutes file, I at least get an error back from the
ISP stating: "500 unable to set minimum security level". So it seems at least
with SSL I get a result with the SMTP servers.

I appreciate any advice, Cheers Nate