Milter timeout message

> From: Bolmerg-Berliner Ludger - Munich-MR <lbolmerg@munichre.com>

> I have found a couple of entries like the following in my maillog file.
> Come somebody explain what they mean.  I am currently using dccm 1.1.16 and
> 1.1.17.  There is no local dccd running. dccm is using the public dccd
> servers.
>
> Jan 22 04:47:39 netserv2 sm-mta[52129]: h0M3lXGr052129: Milter (dcc):
> timeout before data read
> Jan 22 04:47:39 netserv2 sm-mta[52129]: h0M3lXGr052129: Milter (dcc): to
> error state

They mean that sendmail got tired of waiting for dccm to answer.

I think the default timeouts from misc/dcc.m4 in the DCC source are
5 and 30 seconds.  Perhaps the initial timeout should be increased
to 30 seconds.  That can be done by changing a line like
    Xdcc, S=unix:/var/run/dcc/dccm, F=T, T=C:5s;S:5s;R:5s;E:30s
to
    Xdcc, S=unix:/var/run/dcc/dccm, F=T, T=C:30s;S:5s;R:5s;E:30s
in sendmail.cf


Vernon Schryver    vjs@rhyolite.com