I've been having troubles with esmtpd taking a VERY long time to write things to /var/log/messages. If I telnet in manually and type commands, any command that doesn't output errors to /var/log/messages executes immedietly and the response is sent back almost instanteneously. However, anything that produces an error causes LARGE delays in the response. I turned on "ESMTP_LOG_DIALOG=1" to see if that would cause the delays, and it doesn't. It's only when an error is generated by esmtp that three are large delays....
Here is a transcript of me telneting in: ---- start ---- 220 everendeavor ESMTP HELO test.com 250 everendeavor Ok. HELO test.com 250 everendeavor Ok. HELO test.com 250 everendeavor Ok. HELO test.com 250 everendeavor Ok. asdf 502 ESMTP command error asdf asdf asdf 502 ESMTP command error 502 ESMTP command error 502 ESMTP command error ---- end ---- Notice that the HELO commands execute immedietly... the others take a while... and an excerpt from /var/log/messages: ---- start ---- Jul 18 21:23:10 everendeavor courieresmtpd: started,ip=[24.194.43.53] Jul 18 21:23:12 everendeavor courieresmtpd: HELO test.com Jul 18 21:23:13 everendeavor courieresmtpd: HELO test.com Jul 18 21:23:15 everendeavor courieresmtpd: HELO test.com Jul 18 21:23:22 everendeavor courieresmtpd: HELO test.com Jul 18 21:23:30 everendeavor courieresmtpd: asdf Jul 18 21:23:30 everendeavor courieresmtpd: error,relay=24.194.43.53,msg="502 ESMTP command error",cmd: ASDF Jul 18 21:23:38 everendeavor courieresmtpd: asdf Jul 18 21:23:38 everendeavor courieresmtpd: error,relay=24.194.43.53,msg="502 ESMTP command error",cmd: ASDF Jul 18 21:23:54 everendeavor courieresmtpd: asdf Jul 18 21:23:54 everendeavor courieresmtpd: error,relay=24.194.43.53,msg="502 ESMTP command error",cmd: ASDF Jul 18 21:24:26 everendeavor courieresmtpd: asdf Jul 18 21:24:26 everendeavor courieresmtpd: error,relay=24.194.43.53,msg="502 ESMTP command error",cmd: ASDF ---- end ---- Notice the timestamp of the first "asdf" was 23:30, the second was 23:38, the third was 23:54 and the fourth was 24:26. I typed all four of the "asdf" lines into the telnet session within a second of each other. It's just something about whenever an "error" is generated that it takes forever to log it? Any ideas???? -Warren ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
