On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 05:22:56PM -0700, Gary Aitken wrote:
> If someone can point me at an explanation of log entries it would be much
> appreciated.
Verbose logging is ad-hoc and not documented. Your log level is too
high.
> Whenever a new entry arrives for processing, I see what looks like tables
> getting reloaded, e.g.
>
> dict_cidr_open: add a.b.c.0/17 OK
> dict_cidr_open: add d.e.f.0/24 OK
> dict_open: cidr:/etc/postfix/ok_client
>
> Is that because the subprocesses have exited due to idle timeouts and are
> restarting?
Yes, but your log level is too high.
> I see what looks like two separate processes stepping on each other during
> the opening client connection. Is this normal?
Postfix can process multiple messages in parallel, and delivery of a
message to a content filter can begin (after "DOT") even before the
remote SMTP client has hung up. Your log level is too high.
> 3)
> Is the reject_unknown_address an actual rejection, or just something
> being probed? What does this mean: cached: local: u...@other.com ->
> u...@other.com ?
>
> 4)
> In this case the "sender" above is actually the "to" part of the message,
> which doesn't seem like a "sender"; and the "address" is the "from" part,
> which seems like it should be a "receiver". What's the meaning of the
> above sequence?
>
> 5)
> Is this a map insertion with a key of u...@other.com for a value of
> local-u...@me.com? What's ctable?
Your log level is too high.
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Viktor.
