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Author: Ralf G. R. Bergs
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To: exim-users ML
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim 4.1: Logging question re. cause of temporary rejection
On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 11:14:04 -0400, Greg Ward wrote:

[...]
>> I just noticed the following entry in Exim's mainlog:
>>
>>     2002-10-08 11:34:30 17yql3-0002Kh-00 H=r220-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de
>>         [134.130.3.31]:48914 F=<114101@???>

temporarily
>>         rejected after DATA

>>
>> There's no related log line.
>
>Did you forget to say "in the rejectlog"? Or did you forget to check
>the rejectlog?


Uhm, I forgot to check the rejectlog. :-)

But even there I cannot find more info -- I do have the header of the message
and can *guess* why Exim rejected the message, but why isn't there a clear
notice in the log?!

>> How can I find out *why* Exim temporarily rejected this message?
>>
>> In case this is important: I'm using sa-exim which is a local_scan
>> extension to Exim to invoke SpamAssassin.
>
>Possibly SpamAssassin timed out. Which SA version are you using? I've
>noticed that SA 2.31 sometimes takes *foreeeeever* to process perfectly
>ordinary-looking messages -- probably a dumb regex somewhere.
>Performance seems much better in 2.4x.


I'm using 2.42-release. But I don't think it's SA -- there's not the slightest
hint to that extent.

Thanks,

Ralf


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