Timeout Errors??

[Hall, Douglas]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerry Doris [mailto:gerry at dorfam.ca]
> Sent: 04 March 2003 15:44
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Timeout Errors??
>
> h23LOsk01793: timeout waiting for input from local during
> Draining Input
>
>
> What exactly are these telling me?  They appear to be
> sendmail errors but
> is it because sendmail is acting up or has it something to do with
> MailScanner?

The sendmail distribution KNOWNBUGS document has the following:

* Delivery to programs that generate too much output may cause problems

  If e-mail is delivered to a program which generates too much
  output, then sendmail may issue an error:

  timeout waiting for input from local during Draining Input

  Make sure that the program does not generate output beyond a
  status message (corresponding to the exit status).  This may
  require a wrapper around the actual program to redirect output
  to /dev/null.

  Such a problem has been reported for bulk_mailer.

-Douglas