hi
i am receiving this error even when there is just 1 or 2 connections.
i have repaired the queue, turned off clam and spamassassin using
simcontrol file. still the error persists.
this shows up only in the submission port logs and not in the smtp log
where the traffic is much higher.
sample log file
2011-11-27 08:22:28.713733500 tcpserver: status: 2/300
2011-11-27 08:22:28.713897500 tcpserver: pid 15267 from 122.170.117.193
2011-11-27 08:22:28.713989500 tcpserver: ok 15267
ns1.aaaonlinux.net:208.115.35.227:587 :122.170.117.193::28144
2011-11-27 08:22:30.554524500 CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from
<mail.xxxgroup.com:nit...@xxxgroup.com:> remote
<xxxgroup.com:unknown:122.170.117.193> rcpt <prasjant.gha...@xxxgroup.com>
: found existing recipient
2011-11-27 08:22:30.554549500 policy_check: local nit...@xxxgroup.com ->
local prasjant.gha...@xxxgroup.com (AUTHENTICATED SENDER)
2011-11-27 08:22:30.554670500 policy_check: policy allows transmission
2011-11-27 08:22:38.839835500
simscan:[15267]:RELAYCLIENT:7.9360s:-:122.170.117.193:mail.xxxgroup.com:prasjant.gha...@xxxgroup.com
2011-11-27 08:22:38.841999500 qmail-smtpd: qq soft reject (mail server
temporarily rejected message (#4.3.0)): MAILFROM:<mail.xxxgroup.com>
RCPTTO:prasjant.gha...@xxxgroup.com
2011-11-27 08:22:39.198322500 tcpserver: end 15267 status 256
I USE A SEPARATE CDB FILE FOR THE SUBMISSION PORT
#!/bin/sh
QMAILDUID=`id -u vpopmail`
NOFILESGID=`id -g vpopmail`
MAXSMTPD=`cat /var/qmail/control/concurrencyincoming`
SMTPD="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd"
TCP_CDB="/etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.587.cdb"
HOSTNAME=`hostname`
VCHKPW="/home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw"
export REQUIRE_AUTH=1
exec /usr/bin/softlimit -m 35000000 \
/usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l ns1.myhost.net -x $TCP_CDB -c
"$MAXSMTPD" \
-u "$QMAILDUID" -g "$NOFILESGID" 0 587 \
$SMTPD $VCHKPW /bin/true 2>&1
my tcp.smtp.587.cdb file
127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT="",RBLSMTPD="",NOP0FCHECK="1"
208.115.35.227:allow,CHKUSER_START="NONE"
208.115.35.228:allow,CHKUSER_START="NONE"
:allow,BADMIMETYPE="",BADLOADERTYPE="M",CHKUSER_START="NONE",
QMAILQUEUE="/var/qmail/bin/simscan",SENDER_NOCHECK="1",SPFBEHAVIOR="2",NOP0FCHECK="1"
rajesh
> On 11/26/2011 10:06 AM, Rajesh M wrote:
>> hi
>>
>> i am getting qq soft reject (mail server temporarily rejected message
>> (#4.3.0)) on one of my servers quite frequently.
>>
>> the surprising part is that i am getting this error in the qmail
>> submission port which uses port 587 for smtp authentication and sending
>> out emails by my customers.
>>
>> i am india and it is night time for us and even at this time when the
>> number of simultaneous connections in the submission port is just around
>> 15 or so i get this error
>>
>> i have databytes set at 30 mb and qmail softlimit set to 50 mb as shown
>> below
>>
>> exec /usr/bin/softlimit -m 50000000 \
>>
>> so i am not sure why i am getting this error qq soft reject
>>
>> i tried to increase the memory limit upto 100 mb but still does not help
>>
>> i need to know how to resolve this, please.
>>
>>
>> rajesh
>>
>>
>>
>
> That error is typically indicative of something amiss with scanning or
> the queues, or the host is under heavy load.
>
> I'd:
> # service qmail stop
> # queue_repair.py -r
> # service qmail start
> That should straighten out any queue problems there might be.
>
> Outbound messages are scanned for viruses in the stock configuration. Is
> clamav working ok, or is it using excessive cpu? Which clamav-toaster
> version are you using? If it's not current, I'd upgrade. Earlier
> versions had some problems burying the cpu.
>
> 15 simultaneous submissions seems a little high to me, unless your
> server is *very* busy. Just an observation. Is there some automated
> submission going on?
>
> Anything you can do to speed up scanning should help. You might try
> putting the simscan work files in a tmpfs, although typically linux
> caching would accomplish the same thing, unless you're short enough on
> ram that disk i/o isn't being cached much. Check "free" command, or top.
>
> How many processes are typically running at once? Sounds like you might
> just need to do a little tuning.
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
>
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