Bill Kwok wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> Finally, I found out why I got the status 256 error: the original
> softlimit for smtpd is too small.

Good find, Bill.

> If you have same symptom like me (lot of smtp connections with status
> 256 and nothing logged at send / spam / clam log), you better increase
> the smtp softlimit.  My problem didn't recover a bit even though I
> increased it from 5,000,000 to 16,000,000, then even to
> 24,000,000.  Until today I raise it to 32,000,000, then the problem solved.

I'd be careful with this. See
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Qmail-ClamAV-HOWTO/x277.html for recommendations.
Setting this any higher than necessary might cause excessive paging.

The toaster default is 12,000,000. I don't know why you should need much/any
more than that. How many RBLs are you using?

Also, 256 errors are 'normal' for simple timeouts when the sender isn't
responding in a timely fashion. The default is 1200 (20 minutes), which I
find too long. I've created a /var/qmail/control/timeoutsmtpd file (not
included in basic toaster) with a value of 60. This keeps the number of
active smtp sessions down a bit (from 10-20 to 5-10) on a high volume server.

BL, don't go tweaking softlimit just because you're seeing 256 errors in the
log. Be sure that you're missing some emails first.

> I don't know if it's related, but I am using RulesDuJour to update my
> spamassassin rules.

I doubt it. SA runs as a separate process from smtpd.

> Good Luck!
>  
> Best regards,
> Bill
>  
> On 12/5/06, *Bill Kwok* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> 
>     I am sorry I overlook something.  The fact is:
>      
> 
>        1. The tcpserver status 256 error happened even before I changed
>           the self-signed certificate.
>        2. Concerning the email missing problem: From smtp log, I can see
>           the sender server connected to my server, CHKUSER accpeted
>           sender and rcpt, then end with status 256.  But nothing show
>           up in send or spamd log. 
> 
>     Thank you very much.
>      
>     Best regards,
>     Bill
> 
>      
>     On 12/5/06, *Bill Kwok* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> 
>         Hi,
>          
>         My server was running okay until when my self-signed digital
>         cert. expired.  After I regenerated the cert. by using this steps:
>          
> 
>               cd /usr/share/ssl/certs/
>               make stunnel.pem
>               mv stunnel.pem /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem 
>               chown root:qmail /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem 
>               chmod 644 /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem
> 
>         It looked okay at the beginning.  But then my users reported that 
> there are some email missing.  And I found that from smtp log file, there are 
> quite a number of errors:
> 
>             @4000000045752a6a34ab5084 tcpserver: status: 18/100
>             @4000000045752a6a34ab6024 tcpserver: pid 16588 from 
> nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
>             @4000000045752a6a34ab67f4 tcpserver: ok 16588 
>             mx.my.domain.com:10 <http://mx.my.domain.com:10/>.0.1.1:25 
> :nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn::39453
>             @4000000045752a6a34ed6e4c tcpserver: end 16588 status 256
> 
>             @4000000045752a6a34ed7a04 tcpserver: status: 17/100
>             @4000000045752a6a36b4824c tcpserver: status: 18/100
> 
>             @4000000045752a6a36b491ec tcpserver: pid 16600 from 
> nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
>             @4000000045752a6a36b499bc tcpserver: ok 16600 
> 
> 
>             mx.my.domain.com:10 <http://mx.my.domain.com:10/>.0.1.1:25 
> :nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn::39464
>             @4000000045752a6a3786d9f4 tcpserver: end 16600 status 256
> 
>             @4000000045752a6a3786e1c4 tcpserver: status: 17/100
>             @4000000045752a6a389125d4 tcpserver: end 16437 status 0
>             @4000000045752a6a3891b274 tcpserver: status: 16/100
>             @4000000045752a6b004655dc tcpserver: status: 17/100
> 
>             @4000000045752a6b0046657c tcpserver: pid 16601 from 
> nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
>             @4000000045752a6b00466d4c tcpserver: ok 16601 
> 
> 
>             mx.my.domain.com:10 <http://mx.my.domain.com:10/>.0.1.1:25 
> :nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn::39489
>             @4000000045752a6b008ad8ec tcpserver: end 16601 status 256
> 
>         Would anyone show me how to fix this problem?  Thanks in advance.
> 
>         Best regards,
>         Bill
> 


-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

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