Hi afab4,
Thanks for the vote of confidence but I will probably be of very little help as the symptoms are not present here. This pretty much rules out reliably diagnosing and testing the issue.
afab4 wrote:
...From bootlog:...
...from the /var/log/exim4/paniclog...
These entries do not appear on my test-rig machine. In my case I do not even have a /var/log/exim4/paniclog. My installation is still pretty much a stock antiX-M11; the above suggests that yours has a different configuration of apps.
From some superficial research it seems there may be more than one cause of the problem, but blocking of port 25 by your ISP is the most likely culprit. Have you confirmed this to be the case? This link may help your diagnosis:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://kb.siteground.com/article/How_to_check_whether_SMTP_port_25_is_blocked.html"
linktext was:"http://kb.siteground.com/article/How_to ... ocked.html"
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If this is the cause, a search on Google turns up some suggested ways of tackling it.
If blocking of port 25 is ruled out you might then try to identify a local cause:
- * Booting using a live CD from an alternative distro are the symptoms present?
- * Booting using an antiX CD are the symptoms present?
- * Adding which app produces the symtoms - does it offer configuration options?
- * Is there some form of contention between your kernel and network adaptor? Try substituting alternatives.
etc...
Not much real help but the best I can offer.