In the past few days I have had several incoming messages bounced due to Command time limit exceeded in /usr/lib/cyrus/bin/deliver.
I have a Postfix -> Amavis-new -> Postfix -> Cyrus configuration. I know what triggered the problem, I just don't know why this should be the case. This error happens when at the same time as postfix receives incoming mail I am connected to imap via a GPRS connection (high latency) and am moving many large messages from one folder to another, which takes several minutes. During this interval, deliver does not deposit messages handed to it by postfix and once the preset time limit is up (command_time_limit = 180s in postfix main.cf), postfix bounces message. In fact the postfix/pipe log line indicates 181s delay at the time of bouncing. The obvious solution is to increase the command_time_limit, but it's always going to be an arbitrary choice. Any other ideas about how to avoid this problem? Is this issue intrinsic in the mechanism cyrus uses to deposit messages? Sep 5 10:11:39 romolo postfix/smtpd[20884]: connect from mmx.engelschall.com[195.27.130.252] Sep 5 10:11:39 romolo postfix/smtpd[20884]: 677572C049: client=mmx.engelschall.com[195.27.130.252] Sep 5 10:11:41 romolo postfix/cleanup[20886]: 677572C049: message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sep 5 10:11:41 romolo postfix/qmgr[1708]: 677572C049: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=4199, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Sep 5 10:11:41 romolo postfix/smtpd[20884]: disconnect from mmx.engelschall.com[195.27.130.252] Sep 5 10:11:42 romolo postfix/smtpd[20899]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Sep 5 10:11:42 romolo postfix/smtpd[20899]: AF5732BEC4: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Sep 5 10:11:42 romolo postfix/cleanup[20886]: AF5732BEC4: message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sep 5 10:11:42 romolo postfix/qmgr[1708]: AF5732BEC4: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=4651, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Sep 5 10:11:42 romolo amavis[12306]: (12306-08) Passed, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sep 5 10:11:42 romolo postfix/smtp[20896]: 677572C049: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=3, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=12306-08, from MTA: 250 Ok: queued as AF5732BEC4) Sep 5 10:11:42 romolo postfix/smtpd[20899]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Sep 5 10:14:43 romolo postfix/pipe[20902]: AF5732BEC4: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, orig_to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=cyrus, delay=181, status=bounced (Command time limit exceeded: "/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/deliver") John
