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Qmail - Greylisting - Problem - Debian

Hi there,

i've got a Problem with QMail. Sometimes when a Contact sends a Message to me the Email comes with a enourmous delay. Here are the logs for one example:


May 24 11:18:05 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[32476]: from=sender@sendedomain
May 24 11:18:05 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[32476]: to=empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 11:18:05 host309 greylisting filter[32480]: Starting greylisting filter...
May 24 11:18:05 host309 qmail: 1337851085.249732 new msg 7677102
May 24 11:18:05 host309 qmail: 1337851085.249758 info msg 7677102: bytes 10820 from <return@pepperos-mail.de> qp 32483 uid 2020
May 24 11:18:05 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[32476]: call_handlers: stop call handlers from dir '/opt/psa/handlers/before-queue/global'


May 24 11:25:48 host309 /var/qmail/bin/relaylock[1483]: /var/qmail/bin/relaylock: mail from 207.126.144.133:53713 (eu1sys200aog112.obsmtp.com)
May 24 11:25:49 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[1487]: Handlers Filter before-queue for qmail started ...
May 24 11:25:49 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[1487]: from=sender@sendedomain
May 24 11:25:49 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[1487]: to=empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 11:25:49 host309 greylisting filter[1488]: Starting greylisting filter...
May 24 11:25:49 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[1487]: call_handlers: stop call handlers from dir '/opt/psa/handlers/before-queue/global'


May 24 11:47:28 host309 /var/qmail/bin/relaylock[5378]: /var/qmail/bin/relaylock: mail from 207.126.144.147:38168 (eu1sys200aog119.obsmtp.com)
May 24 11:47:29 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[5382]: Handlers Filter before-queue for qmail started ...
May 24 11:47:29 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[5382]: from=sender@sendedomain
May 24 11:47:29 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[5382]: to=empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 11:47:29 host309 greylisting filter[5383]: Starting greylisting filter...
May 24 11:47:29 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[5382]: call_handlers: stop call handlers from dir '/opt/psa/handlers/before-queue/global'


May 24 12:13:09 host309 /var/qmail/bin/relaylock[9181]: /var/qmail/bin/relaylock: mail from 207.126.144.117:37639 (eu1sys200aog104.obsmtp.com)
May 24 12:13:09 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[9185]: Handlers Filter before-queue for qmail started ...
May 24 12:13:10 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[9185]: from=sender@sendedomain
May 24 12:13:10 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[9185]: to=empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 12:13:10 host309 greylisting filter[9186]: Starting greylisting filter...
May 24 12:13:10 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[9185]: call_handlers: stop call handlers from dir '/opt/psa/handlers/before-queue/global'


May 24 13:16:11 host309 /var/qmail/bin/relaylock[18702]: /var/qmail/bin/relaylock: mail from 207.126.144.117:42087 (eu1sys200aog104.obsmtp.com)
May 24 13:16:12 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[18706]: Handlers Filter before-queue for qmail started ...
May 24 13:16:12 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[18706]: from=sender@sendedomain
May 24 13:16:12 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[18706]: to=empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 13:16:12 host309 greylisting filter[18707]: Starting greylisting filter...
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail: 1337858173.049607 new msg 7677109
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail: 1337858173.049644 info msg 7677109: bytes 32037 from <sender@sendedomain> qp 18710 uid 2020
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail: 1337858173.063519 starting delivery 179638: msg 7677109 to local 2-empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail: 1337858173.063555 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail-local-handlers[18711]: Handlers Filter before-local for qmail started ...
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail-local-handlers[18711]: from=sender@sendedomain
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail-local-handlers[18711]: to=empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail-local-handlers[18711]: mailbox: /var/qmail/mailnames/fink-trans-ver.de/r.zahler
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail: 1337858173.069411 delivery 179638: success: did_0+0+2/
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail: 1337858173.069541 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
May 24 13:16:13 host309 qmail: 1337858173.069609 end msg 7677109


May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[20414]: Handlers Filter before-queue for qmail started ...
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[20414]: from=empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail-queue-handlers[20414]: to=sender@sendedomain
May 24 13:31:39 host309 greylisting filter[20415]: Starting greylisting filter...
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail: 1337859099.843085 new msg 7677267
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail: 1337859099.843109 info msg 7677267: bytes 2419 from <empfänger@empfangsdomain> qp 20416 uid 2020
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail: 1337859099.850526 starting delivery 179683: msg 7677267 to remote sender@sendedomain
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail: 1337859099.850546 status: local 0/10 remote 1/20
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail-remote-handlers[20417]: Handlers Filter before-remote for qmail started ...
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail-remote-handlers[20417]: from=empfänger@empfangsdomain
May 24 13:31:39 host309 qmail-remote-handlers[20417]: to=sender@sendedomain
May 24 13:31:40 host309 qmail: 1337859100.811313 delivery 179683: success: 207.126.147.10_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_Thanks/
May 24 13:31:40 host309 qmail: 1337859100.811351 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
May 24 13:31:40 host309 qmail: 1337859100.811361 end msg 7677267

Why doesn't QMail take the Mail at 11:25 ?


Thanx Peter