Hi list, I just tried to install a SuSE 7.3 - Box from the scratch. Except for a corrupt rpm (the k_deflt.rpm with the standard-kernel) on the DVD, everything was working fine. Then I tried to install Sendmail (8.11.6-29) with amavis (amavis-sendmail-11-76). Now, very strange things are happening: When opening a telnet to port 25 the first sent mail of each session is accepted, all the following mails are rejected with "451 4.7.1 Please try again later"... ;-( When I deactivate amavis in the sendmail.cf, the problem disappears and every mail is accepted, but I really don't feel safe without any mail-virus-scanner on my server. I have attached a textfile named "smtplog" to this mail. It contains the complete log of my telnet-session to the smtp-port. Thanks in advance, Christian Erpelding ce-data Datentechnik Oct 10 14:09:35 ismael sendmail[10319]: f9AC9V610319: <-- helo host Oct 10 14:09:35 ismael sendmail[10319]: f9AC9V610319: --> 250 ismael.ce-oha.de Hello x.y.de [192.168.x.x], pleased to meet you Oct 10 14:09:40 ismael sendmail[10319]: f9AC9V610319: <-- mail from: root@ce-data.de Oct 10 14:09:40 ismael sendmail[10322]: f9AC9e610322: --> 250 2.1.0 root@ce-data.de... Sender ok Oct 10 14:09:45 ismael sendmail[10322]: f9AC9e610322: <-- rcpt to: root@localhost Oct 10 14:09:45 ismael sendmail[10322]: f9AC9e610322: --> 250 2.1.5 root@localhost... Recipient ok Oct 10 14:09:46 ismael sendmail[10322]: f9AC9e610322: <-- data Oct 10 14:09:46 ismael sendmail[10322]: f9AC9e610322: --> 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself Oct 10 14:09:48 ismael sendmail[10322]: f9AC9e610322: from=root@ce-data.de, size=7, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<xyz>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=x.y.de [192.168.x.x] Oct 10 14:09:48 ismael amavis[10323]: starting. amavis perl-11 Mon Sep 24 03:44:01 GMT 2001 Oct 10 14:09:50 ismael amavis[10323]: do_exit:767 - ending execution with 0 Oct 10 14:09:50 ismael sendmail[10322]: f9AC9e610322: --> 250 2.0.0 f9AC9e610322 Message accepted for delivery Oct 10 14:09:50 ismael sendmail[10328]: f9AC9e610322: alias root@localhost => che Oct 10 14:09:50 ismael sendmail[10328]: f9AC9e610322: to=che, delay=00:00:05, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30017, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Oct 10 14:09:50 ismael sendmail[10328]: f9AC9e610322: done; delay=00:00:05, ntries=1 Oct 10 14:09:58 ismael sendmail[10319]: f9AC9V610319: <-- mail from: root@ce-data.de Oct 10 14:09:58 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: --> 250 2.1.0 root@ce-data.de... Sender ok Oct 10 14:10:03 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: <-- rcpt to: root@localhost Oct 10 14:10:03 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: --> 250 2.1.5 root@localhost... Recipient ok Oct 10 14:10:05 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: <-- data Oct 10 14:10:05 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: --> 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself Oct 10 14:10:07 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: from=root@ce-data.de, size=7, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<xyz>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=x.y.de [192.168.x.x] Oct 10 14:10:07 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: --> 451 4.7.1 Please try again later (held) Oct 10 14:10:07 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: to=root@localhost, delay=00:00:04, pri=30007, stat=Please try again later Oct 10 14:10:07 ismael sendmail[10330]: f9AC9w610330: --> 451 4.7.1 Please try again later Oct 10 14:10:13 ismael sendmail[10319]: f9AC9V610319: <-- quit Oct 10 14:10:13 ismael sendmail[10319]: f9AC9V610319: --> 221 2.0.0 ismael.ce-oha.de closing connection