hi, this pertains to the issue raised by our unit in barbados, having ip address 173.225.251.221, i have included the said ip in debug_peer_list
we are getting lot of messages in the mail log showing the following Jan 20 00:15:21 mailgate postfix/smtpd[18917]: lost connection after EHLO from unknown[173.225.251.221] Jan 20 00:26:21 mailgate postfix/smtpd[18917]: lost connection after CONNECT from unknown[173.225.251.221] Jan 20 03:17:53 mailgate postfix/smtpd[20255]: lost connection after CONNECT from unknown[202.43.9.67] my mail server configuration is given below : mailgate:~ # postconf -n canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/canonical command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 debug_peer_list = 173.225.251.221 disable_dns_lookups = no header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks home_mailbox = Maildir/ inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mail_spool_directory = /var/mail mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq manpage_directory = /usr/share/man masquerade_classes = envelope_sender, header_sender, header_recipient masquerade_exceptions = root message_size_limit = 8703181 mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain myhostname = mailgate.asianpaints.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.1/8 , 192.168.40.0/24 ,172.25.10.94/32 newaliases_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix/README_FILES recipient_canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/recipient_canonical relocated_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/relocated sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix/samples sender_canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sender_canonical sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail setgid_group = maildrop smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access, check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access reject strict_rfc821_envelopes = yes transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual the output of master.cf mailgate:~ # cat /etc/postfix/master.cf | grep ^[^#] smtp inet n - n - 100 smtpd 587 inet n - n - - smtpd -v pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce defer unix - - n - 0 bounce flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush smtp unix - - n - - smtp showq unix n - n - - showq error unix - - n - - error local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp cyrus unix - n n - - pipe flags=R user=cyrus argv=/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -m ${extension} ${user} uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient) ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=foo argv=/usr/local/sbin/bsmtp -f $sender $nexthop $recipient vscan unix - n n - 10 pipe user=vscan argv=/usr/sbin/amavis ${sender} ${recipient} procmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=R user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/procmail -t -m /etc/procmailrc ${sender} ${recipient} 127.0.0.1:10025 inet n n n - 10 spawn user=filter argv=/opt/kav/bin/smtpscanner 127.0.0.1:10026 inet n - n - 10 smtpd -o content_filter= -o myhostname=mailgate i have few days back increased the smtpd process count to 100 which was specified as 50. how do i go about resolving it. rgds, Santosh Malavade