Bug#362236: exim4-base: exim4's default settings throttle local connections (e.g. fetchmail)

[Marc Haber]

tags #362236 moreinfo
user exim4 at packages.debian.org
usertags #362236 close-20060531
thanks

On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 07:02:40PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> At 1144891855 past the epoch, Marc Haber wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 11:24:00PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> > > 2006-04-12 19:36:44 1FTkCq-0002cI-IR no immediate delivery: more
> > > than 10 messages received in one connection
> > 
> > That's a feature to reduce load spikes, see
> > http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ#head-bf42ef41ae163a7ba6d076540c7bb428a70ca04e
> 
> Ah I see. I've updated that page with precise instructions on making
> fetchmail call runq.

Thank you, I really appreciate that.

> > > 2006-04-06 23:33:06 rejected MAIL command H=localhost [127.0.0.1]:
> > > too many messages in one connection
> > 
> > I have never seen this. How many messages were received.
> 
> I will have to check here
> 
> > > 2006-04-06 23:33:06 SMTP call from localhost [127.0.0.1] dropped:
> > > too many nonmail commands (last was "RSET"
> > 
> > That seems to be a fetchmail glitch.
> 
> I'll have to check here too: In both cases, I think there's still the
> possibility of a bug here.

I concur. Please report back with your findings.

Tagging the bug appropriately - if no more information comes in, I'll
close this bug by the end of may.

Greetings
Marc

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