What happens when the policy server crashes
Hi, We have some email policies that we want to implement and it looks like a policy server is the perfect tool. We have two edge servers on which we want to implement the policies. My thought is to build a threaded server in Java and run it actually one the machine that the databases it will consult are already running. My question is what happens if for any reason the policy server hangs, crashes, etc, and stops accepting connections. Does Postfix also hang and stop processing mail or does Postfix simply timeout and is the timeout length a settable parameter in main.cf? Thanks, Rob -- Rob Tanner UNIX Services Manager Linfield College, McMinnville Oregon 503-883-2558
Re: What happens when the policy server crashes
Rob Tanner: Hi, We have some email policies that we want to implement and it looks like a policy server is the perfect tool. We have two edge servers on which we want to implement the policies. My thought is to build a threaded server in Java and run it actually one the machine that the databases it will consult are already running. My question is what happens if for any reason the policy server hangs, crashes, etc, and stops accepting connections. Does Postfix also hang and stop processing mail or does Postfix simply timeout and is the timeout length a settable parameter in main.cf? Postfix detects connection timeout or connection failure and tries to reconnect a few times. It then sends a 4xx reply to the client so that the client can try again later. The default setting is: smtpd_policy_service_timeout = 100s You'll want to use a robust policy server (like, one that is restarted) and a monitor that checks if it is still responsive. Wietse
