How to investigate timeouts?

[Ugo Bellavance]

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Jody Cleveland wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got a redhat server that scans mail before being forwarded on to an
> exchange server. For redundancy, I've actually got two servers before
> the mail gets to the exchange server.
> 
> First, it hits destiny.winnefox.org. If everything goes ok, it goes on
> to mail.winnefox.org. If there's a problem, it goes to
> mystique.winnefox.org, which is also a redhat server. I've been noticing
> a good amount of mail that is being scanned by mystique. Best I can
> figure, destiny times out checking the message, so it goes on to
> mystique.
> 
> Is there a way for me to look for something in the logs that would
> indicate a timeout? I checked var/logs/maillog, but didn't notice any
> errors in it.
> 

Is this diagram right?

destiny (mailscanner) -> mail (exchange)

or

mystique (mailscanner) -> destiny (mailscanner) -> exchange

The way you explain it is a bit confusing...

Thanks,

Ugo

> --
> Jody Cleveland
> Computer Support Specialist
> cleveland at winnefox.org
> 

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