[Dovecot] lmtp log message

Daniel L. Miller dmiller at amfes.com
Sun Jul 29 02:50:51 EEST 2012


On 7/28/2012 12:01 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> 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.
>

To clarify - I see this message after EVERY message reception.  My last 
log section is:

Jul 28 16:21:03 bubba assp/smtpd[27486]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Jul 28 16:21:04 bubba assp/smtpd[27486]: EBBE1404015C: 
client=dovecot.org[193.210.130.67]
Jul 28 16:21:05 bubba postfix/cleanup[27490]: EBBE1404015C: 
message-id=<501473C0.2080106 at starbridge.org>
Jul 28 16:21:05 bubba postfix/qmgr[20352]: EBBE1404015C: 
from=<dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org>, size=6944, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jul 28 16:21:05 bubba dovecot: lmtp(26702): Connect from local
Jul 28 16:21:05 bubba dovecot: lmtp(26702, dmiller at amfes.com): 
16WjK+FzFFBOaAAA4TDHRA: sieve: msgid=<501473C0.2080106 at starbridge.org>: 
stored mail into mailbox 'Lists/Dovecot-Users'
Jul 28 16:21:05 bubba postfix/lmtp[27536]: EBBE1404015C: 
to=<dmiller at amfes.com>, relay=mail.amfes.com[private/dovecot-lmtp], 
delay=1.2, delays=0.99/0.01/0/0.2, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 
<dmiller at amfes.com> 16WjK+FzFFBOaAAA4TDHRA Saved)
Jul 28 16:21:05 bubba assp/smtpd[27486]: disconnect from 
dovecot.org[193.210.130.67]
Jul 28 16:21:05 bubba dovecot: lmtp(26702): Disconnect from local: 
Client quit (in reset)
Jul 28 16:21:05 bubba postfix/qmgr[20352]: EBBE1404015C: removed

Everything looks clean - except that lmtp disconnect message.  It may 
not be an error - or a warning - but it looks like one.  If I need to 
change my configuration in either Postfix or Dovecot to "fix" it - 
please tell me so.  Otherwise, if the message just read "Disconnect from 
local" to match with the initial connect it would be fine.  But as it is 
- it leaves me feeling I've got something setup wrong.

And indeed - do I?  In Postfix, I've simply set my transport to use the 
lmtp via unix socket.  I have NOT set a destination_recipient_limit - as 
I didn't think I needed to do so, unlike when use the lda via pipe.  I 
had lmtp timeouts, so I set process_min_avail=5.

-- 
Daniel


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