On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 06:43:54PM -0500, Jerry wrote:
> From time to time, when mail is being sent internally from one user to
> another on the same network, I see this warning message in the mail-log:
>
> warning: network_biopair_interop: error reading 5 bytes from the
> network: Connection reset by peer
This is completely out of context. What logging by the same smtp(8)
delivery agent process id appears shortly before and shortly after this
log entry.
> I don't understand what it means. The mail is delivered successfully,
In the same delivery attempt, or subsequent, or is delivery retried
immediately without TLS because TLS is opportunistic?
> so I guess it is harmless. I just wanted to know why it is appearing to
> begin with.
The TLS session is aborted by the other side abruptly, at what stage in
the SMTP protocol does this happen? What software is on the other side?
...
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are looking for a concrete answer.
--
Viktor.
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