Re: [exim] Re: Connection refused: too many connections - wh…

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Autor: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [exim] Re: Connection refused: too many connections - why?
Jürgen Herz <jherz@???> (So 19 Mär 2006 12:18:16 CET):
> Tim Jackson wrote:
>
> >> after few days running flawlessly, exim suddenly decides to fail.
> >> I then find hundreds of
> >> Connection from [some address] refused: too many connections
> >> in the log file and 20 instances of exim running but idling.
> >
> > How do you know they were idling? What did "exiwhat" show?
>
> exiwhat says "handling incoming connection from smtp-send.myrealbox.com
> [151.155.5.143]". With idling I meant they don't consume CPU time.
>


Do you use TLS for incoming messages?
(On Linux sometimes /dev/random (which is used by exim) doesn't generate
enough entropy.)


    Best regards from Dresden
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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