[IMail Forum] SMTP log file questions - version 8.10

Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:52:59 -0700

Hi.

I installed version 8.10. checking the logs file I found two major changes that I wanted to confirm with the list.

 

1.

The SMTP connection # is now enhanced. The number of digits in the connection number is now 16 instead of 8. Before, a smtpd connection looked like this:

 

MM:DD HH:MM SMTPD(########)... etc (8 digits for the connection number)

 

Now with version 8.10 a SMTP connection looks like this:

 

MM:DD HH:MM SMTPD(################)... etc (16 digits for the connection number)

 

Right? Now 16 digits for the connection # instead of 8? Is this because SMTPD, anti-spam and the queue all uses the same ID for a single message in the logs?

 

2. When the Imail server receives an email establishes a connection, the SMTPD first log of information now varies in the new version:

 

Prior Version 8.10 a connection looked in the log file like this (real data)

04:04 07:57 SMTPD(146F0148) [130.94.243.96] connect 66.128.32.119 port 55246

 

Now with version 8.10 looks (real data)

04:04 21:18 SMTPD(0000000000000000) [130.94.243.96] connect 24.3.22.27 port 4730

 

So, the SMTPD connection is (0000000000000000). That means that Imail Server doesn't assign a connection number until it receives EHLO from the remote server?

 

Why is that? Is this a bug? Shouldn't it say the connection number instead of (0000000000000000)

 

With the information above, the following KB article should be changed

http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20030325-DM01.htm

 

or make a new one for version 8.1, since the KB above applies for all versions of Imail but 8.1 due to the connection number digits form in the log file and the (0000000000000000) mentioned above.

 

Thanks in advance for helping me confirming or/and answering my questions

      -Luis Arango

 

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