Re: [AMaViS-user] timed out after few minutes

[Mark M. <Mar...@ij...>]

Salvatore,

> Hi, I have a smtp/pop3 public mail server, this server is in production
> enviroment form 3/4 years nobody problems but from two days I have that
> smtpd not responding and I have this error:
> 
> 2B85826A5B3   8913 Tue Mar 16 16:41:11  lis...@do... (delivery
> temporarily suspended: conversation with 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] timed out
> while receiving the initial server greeting) xy...@do...
> 
> and all mails keep in queue.
> Then I must restart postfix and amavis services after of this the mail are
> delivered but then after 30 mimutes I have already problem.
> I use postfix-2.5.6-1 and amavisd-new 2.2.1 (with maia, spamassasin and
> clamv), I have tried to increase "$max_servers" from 2 to 10 but whitout
> result, if disables amavis the mail are delivered quickly.

Make sure that the amavisfeed smtp entry in master.cf do not have a
maxproc limit higher than $max_servers (assuming you are using the
post-queue filtering setup). 

(or turn off smtp_connection_cache_on_demand when overbooking
the number of available content filtering servers)

  Mark