Please keep the conversation on the list. I've partially obfuscated the email addresses in your log extract.
--On 19 May 2009 15:20:23 -0500 [email protected] wrote: > Guess new server is not going to help: > [r...@mx0 ~]# grep 1M6Vfd-0000VR-Vl /var/log/exim/main.log > 2009-05-19 15:13:16 1M6Vfd-0000VR-Vl <= > [email protected] > H=ccm32.constantcontact.com [208.75.123.228] P=esmtp S=29124 > id=1102585670301.1102184301057.xxxx.7.24161...@scheduler > 2009-05-19 15:13:17 1M6Vfd-0000VR-Vl => [email protected] R=internal > T=remote_smtp H=mail.katy.com [216.86.147.164] X=TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256 > 2009-05-19 15:13:17 1M6Vfd-0000VR-Vl Completed > [r...@mx0 ~]# > > We are processing in under a minute. This log entry doesn't prove that. The first line was logged when you accepted the message. The question is, what was the period from their making a connection to that point. To get that, you need to make your logging more verbose. Check the documentation for log_selector (section 49.15 Reducing or increasing what is logged). You probably want to add some of these: smtp_connection smtp_incomplete_transaction smtp_no_mail smtp_protocol_error smtp_syntax_error ident_timeout > I am not sure best way to get a reliable mean, median, mode > > > > > Ian Eiloart wrote: >> >> >> --On 18 May 2009 12:32:30 -0500 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> It does seem like we are going to need to beef up the Exim hardware and >>> perhaps go to local RBL. >> >> Really? Check your logs to see if you can work out how long you're >> taking to return OK. If it's less than five minutes, then this (a) isn't >> your problem, and (b) is probably defending you from quite a lot of spam. >> >>> >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>>> From: schmero...@gmail >>>> >>>>> We are getting duplicate emails. It seems to be the same senders, >>>>> however not every one of their emails duplicate. 5% of mails from >>>>> Charter.net will duplicate, 10% of mails from Cox will duplicate, 100% >>>>> of mails from Interfax.net will duplicate. >>>> >>>>> spamd_address = 127.0.0.1 783 >>>> >>>> I guess that your spam-filter queries some RBL, and one or more of them >>>> timeout because dead or for paying customers only. >>>> Try switch spam-filtering via spamd off temporarily. >>>> If that doesn't help then try to switch virus-filtering off >>>> temporarily. >> >> >> -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex 01273-873148 x3148 For new support requests, see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
