On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Matt Bernstein wrote: > > 1. -> lmtp read timeout <- What problem is meant ? Postfix is > > writing to the unix socket but nobody reads from the socket or > > Cyrus is reading from the socket but nobody is writing to it ? > > I've seen this with Exim. Exim sends the DATA phase and never hears back > from lmtpd. It only happens for specific recipients, so the only effect is > that mail delivery is stalled for some users. Restarting "master" seems to > fix it: a bit heavy, but fine for most people, as most IMAP clients just > re-authenticate. Fussy clients (like mine ;) tell you something's awry.
If this only happens for specific recipients, one question to ask is "did they get disconnected during an APPEND operation" which is a known bug (we hold a lock across a network read that we almost certainly shouldn't). -Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper
