[Dovecot] lmtp log message

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Sat Jul 28 22:01:32 EEST 2012


On 28.7.2012, at 21.50, Bård Johannessen wrote:

> On 2012-07-28 18:36, Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> On 27.7.2012, at 9.01, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
>>> Jul 26 22:59:21 bubba dovecot: lmtp(20508): Disconnect from local: Client quit (in reset)
>>> in my log for every message.  Is this a normal sign-off - or does this indicate a misconfiguration?
>> 
>> It's normal.
> 
> I'm not even sure it's noteworthy enough to justify logging it; if the message is going to be exactly the same in all (non error) cases, what's the point of logging it?

Since LMTP is supposed to be accessible only internally from your network, maybe there isn't much of a point.. Maybe if DATA command is used it wouldn't be logged, but otherwise a QUIT would log "Client quit without delivering mail". Would be useful to get some opinions from more people though.



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