Sendmail outputs "collect: premature EOM: unexpected close"

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Issue

  • A smtp client does not transmit some mails. I look receiver host's /var/log/maillog, and the following messages are output.

    • Pattern 1
    May 24 11:41:36 hostname sendmail[2706]: o4O2aLvc002706: collect: premature EOM: unexpected close
    May 24 11:41:36 hostname sendmail[2706]: o4O2aLvc002706: collect: unexpected close on connection from [10.xx.xxx.x], sender=<*********@**.****.co.jp>
    
    • Pattern 2
    Feb 26 08:32:53 hostname sendmail[18713]: o1PNNejK018713: collect: premature EOM: Connection reset by [10.xx.xxx.xxx]
    Feb 26 08:32:53 hostname sendmail[18713]: o1PNNejK018713: SYSERR(root): collect: I/O error on connection from [10.xx.xxx.xxx], from=<xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.com>
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • sendmail

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