Sending error - Server said: 354 Start mail input; end with.

[peterd]

I have about 1500 emails in each list I am trying to send.  I get the following error at various times, sometimes at 100 emails, sometimes at 3 emails.  

Sending error. Check your mail settings.

Server said:
354 Start mail input; end with .

I have my bounce.cgi configured properly as far as I can see.  This seems to come up when my SMTP server gets an error back from whatever server it's trying to send to.  The SMTP server is on its own box and not on the same sever as LM.  There are no email limitations on the SMTP box.  I have sent 10k or 20k emails at one time in the past with earlier versions of Listmail without very many issues. This seems to have cropped up since using 1.87d

Thanks.. Peter D :roll:

[DW]

Hi Peter,

Please search the forum for "smtp_timeout".  Setting it in config.php should fix this:

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$smtp_timeout=45;
Regards

[peterd]

I added $smtp_timeout=45; and it doesn't seem make any difference that I can see.  The issue doesn't seem to be one of timing, it seems that any time the SMTP server gets an error trying to send one of the emails and LM gets back an error code of some sort, it just stops.  So if one of the emails has a 'connection failed' or an 'unable to resolve a domain' error, LM gets an error 354 and stops instantly. This can happen with just one or two emails or 30 emails.  I am using QK SMTP Server if that makes any difference.

Thanks.. Peter D

[DW]

Hi Peter,

Is it possible to configure QK SMTP to not do any domain lookup or connection testing during the actual queuing?  It is generally preferred if these processes are done later on, during sending after messages are queued and ListMail has 'disconnected' from queuing to the server.

If not I may have to ask you to submit your information so I can modify the SMTP process as needed to get this working.

Regards

[Blizz]

Had the same problem and increasing the smtp_timeout helped for me, it now actually sends mail.
However the send is EXTREMELY slow, like 8 msg a minute or so... This is the first time I'm using lm on my new server. Any hints on how to find out what is causing the drag?
My previous server crammed out more than 50 a minute and it's a lot slower than this one.

[Blizz]

Nvmd my previous question, just found out that my spamassassin and clamav milters were also scanning outgoing mail from localhost. I think it's fixed now.