Re: [Exim] SMTP command timeout

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Author: Dave C.
Date:  
To: Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] SMTP command timeout
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote:

>
>     Hi all,
>     I have an Exim 3 configured in a Debian Linux server.
>     There is only or two mail servers that cant send mail to my server.
>     The following error occurs:
>     mainlog:2002-09-05 13:13:38 SMTP command timeout on connection from smtpb.bradesco.com.br [200.246.210.54]
>     I already set:
>     smtp_receive_timeout = 10m
>     But the error is still occurring.
>     What is wrong?


Nothing is wrong, at least at your end.

The sending mail server is taking too long or is crashing. This timeout
keeps your server from sitting around forever waiting for the message.