[KLUG Members] sendmail question

[bert]

Chester Wisniewski wrote:
>bert wrote:
>  
>>Chet,
>>
>>Reading my email back, I realize I did not mention that this happens on
>>the server where the email is suppossed the reach its final destination.
>>
>>The user 'marleen at flex.nl' is on the server where I found this log. This
>>means there is another server contacting 'flex.nl' in an attempt to
>>deliver an email to user 'marleen'. Then sendmail on 'flex.nl' records a
>>delay of 4:46... but procmail only uses one second?
>>
>>Is sendmail starting this time count at the moment the remote server is
>>contacting and the count is stopped when the whole email is arrived.
>>That must be some email that takes that long!
>>There is also some spam-filter running, could this be the cause , i.e.
>>the spam-filter daemon fails? But if so why is xdelay than just one second?
>>
>>I am left in the dark here.
>>
>>
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Chet,
sorry for my late response, some other things needed my attention. As
you may have noticed, sending my last emails to this list gave some
difficulties too. What was wrong is not clear.
Unfortunally the server has been rebooted. Problems seem to be solved
now. I watched it now for a day and it looks alright.

The spam filter is spamassassin. I did not implement it. It is being
used on a redhat server running some 150 different domains with
DirectAdmin as a control panel. As far I understand DirectAdmin it does
some nasty things with al lot of config files.

Sending the sendmail.mc might not be possible. Can you make any sense of
the log line? Why does it have such a delay when the target system is
the system it self? Could it be waiting for spamassassin? But why are
other domains gettting there email delivered? I am trying to understand
the meaning of the log but just don't understand.

Bert.
>
>What type of spam filter are you using? How is it implemented? Can you
>send me a copy of your sendmail.mc and sendmail.cf? I am not sure what
>your issue is either, but unfortunately I have had a fair amount of
>experience using sendmail.
>
>Chet
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