Re: [exim] 30 second wait for protocol timeout exceeded

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Author: Jakob Hirsch
Date:  
To: Nigel Metheringham
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] 30 second wait for protocol timeout exceeded
Nigel Metheringham wrote:

> I'm not sure that having a 30 second RFC1413 timeout is useful in any
> normal circumstances nowadays. Best bet is to reduce it down to (say) 5
> seconds.


I agree.

> Then again if you have never used RFC1413 information or don't
> know what it is you could just switch it off without problems (set
> timeout to 0s).


As I understand, ident information was not intended to be useful for the
requesting system, but for the requested system. Unix systems with shell
access for many users seem to be not very common any more. But I'd say
it can still be useful without much effort.