Re: [exim] SMTP data timeout

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Author: Marc Sherman
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] SMTP data timeout
Chris Perry wrote:
> Marc,
>
> Yes, its a residential DSL line.
>
> The full line is
> 2006-11-02 21:27:47 1GfYrR-0002My-UX SMTP data timeout (message
> abandoned) on connection from dmz-vsgate1.sng.ibb.ubs.com [147.60.1.198]
>
> I have upped the timeout via:
> smtp_receive_timeout = 60m
> It still does it.


You've probably got MTU issues on your server, then. Adjusting the
timeout won't work, because it's not timing out, it's losing packets
entirely.

- Marc