Re: [exim] Log filtering

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Author: Ted Cooper
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To: exim-users @ exim. org
Subject: Re: [exim] Log filtering
Dave Markham wrote:
> Exim 4.41 ReadHat ES 3
>
> Guys we have a loadbalancer which checks our 2 email servers (Active
> Passive) both running exim. In the exim log we get a message every few
> seconds in the form :-
>
> 2007-04-20 14:57:02 SMTP protocol violation: synchronization error
> (input sent without waiting for greeting): rejected connection from
> H=[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> 2007-04-20 14:57:04 SMTP protocol violation: synchronization error
> (input sent without waiting for greeting): rejected connection from
> H=[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
>
> I was wondering is there anyway of reducing the logging for this. Im
> sure i remember doing something some years ago but i haven't touched
> exim in a while. Could we restrict no logging from a certain host for
> example?
>
> Thanks
>


As per ripped from
http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050221/msg00138.html

 acl_check_connect:
   accept hosts=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
          control=no_enforce_sync
   accept


Of course, you should really fix the probe software so that it doesn't
cause sync errors.