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Re: Question about log messages and connection caching

From: Per Jessen (percomputer.org)
Date: Sat Aug 30 2008 - 09:21:13 CDT


Wietse Venema wrote:

> When Postfix reuses an SMTP connection, it may actually be reused
> in a different SMTP client process. This maximizes reuse and
> minimizes the time that a connection sits idle.
>
> This is different from Sendmail or Exim, where a connection can be
> reused only in the process that creates that connection.
>
> Postfix doesn't log the "name" of a connection, so you can't how
> it changes hands with connection reuse (this would require logging
> the local TCP port number of reusable connections).

All of which I think means that the type of tracking Ralf and I tried to
do won't work.

/Per Jessen, Zürich