Hannibal Ndlovu
2008-Oct-30 07:56 UTC
[Pkg-exim4-users] No route to host - but i can ping the host
Hi All I am using EXIM4 and am having issues with exim not sending mail to well known host like gmail, hotmail, yahoo and others, taking upto 6hrs or more to deliver a message. I looked in my logs and i noted that the error it gives for this is 2008-10-30 08:43:01 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz g.mx.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.53.191] Connection timed out 2008-10-30 08:43:04 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz e.mx.mail.yahoo.com [216.39.53.1] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:43:07 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz f.mx.mail.yahoo.com [209.191.88.247] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:43:28 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz f.mx.mail.yahoo.com [68.142.202.247] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:43:31 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz a.mx.mail.yahoo.com [209.191.118.103] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:46:40 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz d.mx.mail.yahoo.com [66.196.82.7] Connection timed out 2008-10-30 08:46:43 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz c.mx.mail.yahoo.com [216.39.53.3] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:47:04 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz c.mx.mail.yahoo.com [216.39.53.2] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:47:13 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz b.mx.mail.yahoo.com [66.196.97.250] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:47:13 1KvABY-0002XP-Qz == xxxxxxxxx at yahoo.fr R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (113): No route to host 2008-10-30 08:47:20 1KvA60-0002X2-Jr mx03.realtime.zm [196.46.124.17] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:48:05 1KvA60-0002X2-Jr mx02.realtime.zm [196.46.125.3] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:50:00 1KvRBR-0003p1-LK mx2.hotmail.com [65.54.245.40] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:50:03 1KvRBR-0003p1-LK mx2.hotmail.com [65.54.244.40] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:50:06 1KvRBR-0003p1-LK mx2.hotmail.com [65.54.244.168] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:50:09 1KvRBR-0003p1-LK mx1.hotmail.com [65.54.245.8] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:50:12 1KvRBR-0003p1-LK mx1.hotmail.com [65.54.244.8] No route to host 2008-10-30 08:50:12 1KvRBR-0003p1-LK == xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx at hotmail.com R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (113): No route to host can anyone help sort this out because i can ping theses host but exim cant send mail to them Thanks