On December 23, 2010 03:00:29 pm Noel Jones wrote: > On 12/23/2010 2:08 PM, Ray wrote: > > On December 23, 2010 10:48:07 am Noel Jones wrote: > >> On 12/23/2010 11:33 AM, Ray wrote: > >>> I believe that the message is being accepted by Postfix due to lines > >>> like the following in the logs > >>> > >>> Dec 23 10:12:20 wserver amavis[15273]: (15273-12) Passed CLEAN, > >>> [70.65.***.***] [70.65.***.***]<r...@stilltech.net> -> > >>> <******...@shaw.ca>, Message-ID:<201012231011.54704....@stilltech.net>, > >>> mail_id: MS2XU3vqlzc0, Hits: 0.013, size: 557, queued_as: 6CF0C1B173C, > >>> 14673 ms > >>> (redacted IP address is the machine I'm sending email from. Redacted > >>> email is on the local cabelco mail server.) > >> > >> Wow, nearly 15 seconds to scan a 557 byte message. If all > >> your amavis scans are that slow or slower you might want some > >> help from the amavis-users list. > >> > >> Anyway, on the postfix-users list we prefer to see postfix > >> logging. > >> > >>> I'm not 100% sure the problem is on the remote server, that's why I > >>> would like to trace the communication between my server and the remote > >>> server. Thanks again, > >>> Ray > >> > >> Start with showing us the one-line entry postfix/smtp makes > >> when sending to the remote server, and we'll go on from there. > >> > >> -- Noel Jones > > > > Hello all, > > thank you for your quick response. All the gory details that you asked > > for follow. I have provided the output of postconf -n, and all the log > > details for my last message to this list as an example. > > The only thing I asked for is the one-line postfix/smtp log > entry when postfix attempts delivery to the remote server > you're having trouble with. I don't see that anywhere. > > After we see that, we'll tell you if we need anything else. >
I'm not sure which line that is. If you can describe it I will pick it out. > > My question is " is there a way to > > see in detail, through logging or simulation, what is happening when my > > mail server relays or attempts to relay, a message from me to an outside > > server that is not under my control, and for which I will never get > > logs. > > Postfix verbose logs will show in painful detail what postfix > does. This is rarely necessary and often masks the real > problem in a flood of unrelated information. > http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#debug_peer > > A TCP sniffer such as wireshark or tcpdump will show details > of the conversation. This is rarely necessary and often > distracts from the real problem. > http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#sniffer > yeah, I read that. I was hoping for an easier solution, but ... so be it. > > -- Noel Jones
