The SMTP connection # is now enhanced. The number of digits in the connection number is now 16 instead of 8. Before, a smtpd connection looked like this:...
Right? Now 16 digits for the connection # instead of 8? Is this because SMTPD, anti-spam and the queue all uses the same ID for a single message in the logs?
That is correct -- they are now doing the logging very similarly to the way that Declude always has. In the past, it could be a bit of a hassle, as you had to find the line(s) in the SMTP log file that you wanted, then go up/down in the log file to find the previous/next line with the same process identifier that had the spool file name. You could then use that to find other references to the E-mail in that log file or other logs files. Now, however, all log file lines have the spool file name, making it a simple task to find all lines related to a single E-mail.
2. When the Imail server receives an email establishes a connection, the SMTPD first log of information now varies in the new version:
04:04 21:18 SMTPD(0000000000000000) [130.94.243.96] connect 24.3.22.27 port 4730
So, the SMTPD connection is (0000000000000000). That means that Imail Server doesn't assign a connection number until it receives EHLO from the remote server?
Why is that? Is this a bug? Shouldn't it say the connection number instead of (0000000000000000)
On thought is that they have to label it as (0000000000000000) because one connection can be used with multiple E-mails, and therefore a single E-mail may not have a "connect" line to go with it (if multiple E-mails as sent with one connection). But, the same holds true with the HELO/EHLO lines -- so I would then guess that the logging of the connection attempt occurs earlier in the code than where the spool file name is determined.
-Scott
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