Re: which timeout for "cmd read"?

I'm noticing most of my incoming SMTP connections sit in the "cmd read"
state for a long time.
Is there a timeout I change change in my mc file
for this specific "cmd read" state?

Try Timeout.command which is the time the SMTP server waits for
a command to be issued. I have seen this type of problem with POP
or IMAP clients holding a connection open "just in case" the client
has a message to send. This is also the state on the server of a
connection that the SMTP client (sendmail) is holding open via
the connection cache.

The default is 1 hour, I would suggest 1 minute or maybe 30 seconds.
My attitude is that if the SMTP client can not get it together to send
a command in a short period of time, then its their problem and just
close the connection.

You can set this with:
define(`confTO_COMMAND',`1m')

Hope this helps

RLH

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