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Postfix RSET when relaying mail
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DGoranson
2012-12-13 17:19:06 UTC
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I'm having a strange issue and I thought I'd post it here in case anyone else may be seeing the same thing. I'm running postfix 2.6.6 on Centos 6.0. I've set postfix up as a relay box inside the network and NAT'd the address so that incoming mail hits the linux system. This then relays to an M$ Exchange 2010.

When the SMTP session starts between the systems, the Centos system does an RSET after the SYN and ACK. When I move the Linux system out of the network and on to a different circuit,(in a DMZ zone) and then forward the SMTP traffic to the Exchange system inside the network, the problem goes away.

I don't believe it has to do with a specific build of Postfix, as I've built 3 different systems on different pieces of Server hardware, but the issue is exactly the same. I've even compiled Postfix 2.9 on one version I built and I see the same issue as the relay starts.

I've called Microsoft and paid the $300.00, but as I suspected, they blamed the Linux system and told me it couldn't possibly be the Exchange box.

Anyone see this before?
d***@gmail.com
2012-12-17 09:30:05 UTC
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Post by DGoranson
I'm having a strange issue and I thought I'd post it here in case anyone else may be seeing the same thing. I'm running postfix 2.6.6 on Centos 6.0. I've set postfix up as a relay box inside the network and NAT'd the address so that incoming mail hits the linux system. This then relays to an M$ Exchange 2010.
When the SMTP session starts between the systems, the Centos system does an RSET after the SYN and ACK. When I move the Linux system out of the network and on to a different circuit,(in a DMZ zone) and then forward the SMTP traffic to the Exchange system inside the network, the problem goes away.
I don't believe it has to do with a specific build of Postfix, as I've built 3 different systems on different pieces of Server hardware, but the issue is exactly the same. I've even compiled Postfix 2.9 on one version I built and I see the same issue as the relay starts.
I've called Microsoft and paid the $300.00, but as I suspected, they blamed the Linux system and told me it couldn't possibly be the Exchange box.
Anyone see this before?
Is it a TCP RST or a SMTP RESET ?
DGoranson
2012-12-20 19:36:33 UTC
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Post by d***@gmail.com
Post by DGoranson
I'm having a strange issue and I thought I'd post it here in case anyone else may be seeing the same thing. I'm running postfix 2.6.6 on Centos 6.0. I've set postfix up as a relay box inside the network and NAT'd the address so that incoming mail hits the linux system. This then relays to an M$ Exchange 2010.
When the SMTP session starts between the systems, the Centos system does an RSET after the SYN and ACK. When I move the Linux system out of the network and on to a different circuit,(in a DMZ zone) and then forward the SMTP traffic to the Exchange system inside the network, the problem goes away.
I don't believe it has to do with a specific build of Postfix, as I've built 3 different systems on different pieces of Server hardware, but the issue is exactly the same. I've even compiled Postfix 2.9 on one version I built and I see the same issue as the relay starts.
I've called Microsoft and paid the $300.00, but as I suspected, they blamed the Linux system and told me it couldn't possibly be the Exchange box.
Anyone see this before?
Is it a TCP RST or a SMTP RESET ?
Its a TCP RST Reset. I've tried different network cards and different MTU settings, but no avail.
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