Hi, On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 11:18:08PM +0100, Jan Wagner wrote: > On Tuesday, 28. December 2010, Marc Haber wrote: > > I am seeing this as well on lenny as on sid: > > > > $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_smtp --host q.bofh.de --verbose > > HELOCMD: HELO nechayev > > 220 q.bofh.de ESMTP Exim 4.72 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:43 +0100 > > CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds > > > > What's going on here? > > $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_smtp --host q.bofh.de --verbose -t 30 > HELOCMD: HELO nagios > 220 q.bofh.de ESMTP Exim 4.72 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:59:58 +0100 > sent QUIT > received 221 q.bofh.de closing connection > > SMTP OK - 20,091 sec. response time, 221 q.bofh.de closing connection > |time=20,091494s;;;0,000000 > > As stated on IRC, your MTA seems to delay the answer ... raising the timeout > seems to fix the issue.
As stated MULTIPLE TIMES on IRC, the host running the nagios plugin is whitelisted with the MTA and is not subject to the delays that you encounter when testing from a non-whitelisted host. I offered you on IRC multiple times to whitelist your IP as well but you didn't react to that offer. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org