Re: [Exim] Re: Exim hangs during BSMTP input

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Author: Ralf G. R. Bergs
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To: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [Exim] Re: Exim hangs during BSMTP input
On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:30:19 -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:

>| >The default for smtp_receive_timeout is 5 minutes. You can change it
>| >with -os on the command line.
>|
>| I've changed it since a looooong time to "smtp_receive_timeout = 1m" in the
>| config file -- it simply doesn't help.
>
>Try making the timeout bigger instead of smaller.


Can you elaborate? Why should this be beneficial?

I mean the least I want is that processes that are "stuck" during BSMTP take
*longer* to terminate, so wouldn't reducing the receive timeout be the correct
approach?


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