On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 01:30:01PM -0800, Chris St Denis wrote: >>> Anyway, on to the problems. How do I deal with log entries like this. A >>> queue ID is created, but nothing ever happens to it. There is no reject >>> >> >> There was one valid recipient, but the mail transaction was not >> completed. This could be a header_checks rule, or a network failure >> or the client crashing. Any logfile processor will have to deal >> sessions that do not go from start to end. >> >> Wietse >> > Thanks, but those particular causes doesn't seem to explain it. > > This system does not have any header checks (the server it's receiving the > mail from does all the spam/etc. filtering) and if it was a network failure > or client crashing there should be an additional error message like > /^timeout after ([A-Z-]+) (.*)$/ or ^/lost connection after ([A-Z-]+).*from > (.*)$/
Only if the connection was lost. The client may have been doing address validation or a dictionary attack, ... and so can just "QUIT" after "RCPT TO". Presto-magic, no errors. No message implies connection loss only after "DATA", not after "RCPT TO". -- Viktor. Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: <mailto:majord...@postfix.org?body=unsubscribe%20postfix-users> If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly.