On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Ricco Valenti wrote: > I've been experiencing a problem I hope you can help me solve. This > happens to me with versions 1.2 thru 1.6p2, but only on Windows 2000, > works fine on Linux. > > Every so often (maybe every other day) I'll check the SMTP log and notice > a message attempted to be received once every 2 minutes. The log is > filled with RCPT=OK but never a RECV=OK all for the same message. > Restarting the server doesn't help, as well as purging anything I could > find in the spool directory. The only way I could get the server going > again is to map the SMTP port to my Linux machine, or start another mail > server on the Win2000 machine to receive the offending message, then all > if fine until the next time. Like I said, the exact same configuration > seems to work fine on Linux (has for months), but I now have a need to > run it on Windows 2000. These messages come from different domains, the > size varies and they're "nothing special". > > Any clues???
Once every two minutes sounds really strange to me. Either the sender MTA does not respect any queueing mechanism or you're subject to DoS If the Linux box is able to receive the offending message i need an exact ( binary ) copy of it. Just make a .gz and send it to me. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
