Re: [exim] getsockname() failed: Connection reset by peer

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Alexey Danilevsky
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] getsockname() failed: Connection reset by peer
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Alexey Danilevsky wrote:

> Hello!
> Every 10-20 minutes I see in my exim's paniclog lines:
>
> 2006-04-24 12:15:39 getsockname() failed: Connection reset by peer
> 2006-04-24 12:15:39 daemon: fclose(smtp_out) failed: Broken pipe
>
> What does this mean? What is wrong? Can it be because of problems whit
> connection to LDAP server?


1. My guess is that some host is repeatedly connecting to you and
immediately dropping the connection. You could try setting

log_selector = +smtp_connection

to get more information about connections.

2. Something at their end (again a guess).

3. Unlikely (IMHO).

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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