Re: Problem monitoring exim

[Martin Pala]

... which monit version?

The monit >= 4.6 should fix the problem:

CHANGELOG:
--8<--
*  Wait for complete SMTP server greeting in SMTP protocol test before
   sending QUIT to the server. Exim4 is sensible on the client-server
   synchronization and the protocol test failed because monit was faster
   then expected. Thanks to Tadas Zelionis < tm at equs ! home ! lt >
   for reporting the bug.
--8<--

Martin

David Anderson wrote:
> From time to time, monit decides that exim (MTA) isn't running,
> and restarts it. However, exim is running... and is registering
> this in the logs:
>
> 2007-06-03 09:07:21 SMTP protocol violation: synchronization error (input sent 
> without waiting for greeting): rejected connection from H=localhost [127.0.0.1]
>
> i.e. Monit is violating the SMTP RFC by sending input out of sequence;
> exim drops the connection, and then monit restarts exim.
>
>
> David