RE: [exim] long delays on debian testing (mypost: rl3sept27)

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Ian Eiloart wrote:

> We do log ident, with a 3 second timeout, but actually don't get a lot of
> useful information from it.

As I keep saying whenever this thread reincarnates: the ident
information is not meant to be useful to you. It is meant to be useful
to the sysadmins of the host that sent it when you pass it back to them
in the event of a problem or query.

> Of 10 hits yesterday, 8 were encrypted

So that you *can't* make any use of it.

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