Author: Scott Neader Date: To: David Woodhouse CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] SMTP command timeout on connection - how to troubleshoot
Are you willing to look at the cap file from their side, to see if they are
doing things right? I'd like to be able to tell them... look, RFC XXX says
after we send the 250 OK, you should send a QUIT but your cap shows you are
not..." (or whatever) -- but I'm just not knowledgeable enough.
- Scott
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:27 AM, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@???>wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 09:56 -0600, Scott Neader wrote:
> > The mystery still stands as to why I am seeing all these SMTP command
> > timeouts from just these "EdgeWave" mail servers. If the EdgeWave server
> > has received our "250 OK" message, and their packet capture shows they
> have
> > received it, and they have sent an ACK, then why don't they DISCONNECT?
>
> I don't know why they don't send a QUIT and then disconnect. Perhaps
> they keep the connection open in case they want to use it to deliver
> another mail in the future? Stranger things have happened...
>
> --
> dwmw2
>
