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Justin Clarke
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QMail errors in mail log. possibly qmail-smtpd exited by timeout, reset connection
***Edited***
I found out that this wasn't a timeout issue and that it was the following as is now fixed:
I had a few "possibly qmail-smtpd exited by timeout, reset connection" messages in my mail logs after switching MTAs to QMail.
At the end of that messages it says see "http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html".
This is an issue where QMail is receiving messages with bare LFs (line feeds) which is not allowed as stated in RFC 2821, so it is the fault of the sending server, not QMail.
Basically the sending server should fix their problem, but we can't really force this issue so there is a work around by using fixcrio.
Parallels article: http://kb.odin.com/en/6763
And thread: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=94222
Once you get fixcrio up and working then you won't receive any more messages like that in the logs.
Cheers.
***Edited***
I found out that this wasn't a timeout issue and that it was the following as is now fixed:
I had a few "possibly qmail-smtpd exited by timeout, reset connection" messages in my mail logs after switching MTAs to QMail.
At the end of that messages it says see "http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html".
This is an issue where QMail is receiving messages with bare LFs (line feeds) which is not allowed as stated in RFC 2821, so it is the fault of the sending server, not QMail.
Basically the sending server should fix their problem, but we can't really force this issue so there is a work around by using fixcrio.
Parallels article: http://kb.odin.com/en/6763
And thread: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=94222
Once you get fixcrio up and working then you won't receive any more messages like that in the logs.
Cheers.
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