Hi, I use delegate 9.1.1 on a Mandrake distrib. During a large file filter processing, delegate timed out as this 05/17 15:05:44.59 [15468] 9+0: -- Fork(FTOCL): 15467 -> 15468 05/17 15:05:44.59 [15468] 9+0: #### execFilter[FTOCL] CFI 05/17 15:05:44.59 [15468] 9+0: ## CFI/pop ## 05/17 15:05:44.59 [15468] 9+0: ## CFI/MSGS ## 05/17 15:05:44.59 [15467] 9+0: ConnectToServer: DFLT=pop://pop.XXX.XXX:110 REAL=://:0 05/17 15:05:44.61 [15467] 9+0: ConnectToServer connected [9] {AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD:110 <- 192.168.0.2:36136} [0.019s] 05/17 15:05:44.61 [15467] 9+0: willSTLS_SV: ServerFlags=10 05/17 15:05:44.63 [15467] 9+0: POP S-D: +OK ready <631.1147871144@promail5.foo-bar.baz>^M 05/17 15:05:44.63 [15467] 9+0: willSTLS_SV: ServerFlags=10 05/17 15:05:44.63 [15467] 9+0: #### BANNER TIMESTAMP for APOP: <631.1147871144@promail5.foo-bar.baz> 05/17 15:05:44.63 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- +OK ready <631.1147871144@promail5.foo-bar.baz>^M 05/17 15:05:44.66 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- +OK Capability list follows^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- TOP^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- USER^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- LOGIN-DELAY 0^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- EXPIRE 0^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- UIDL^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- RESP-CODES^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- AUTH-RESP-CODE^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- X-MANGLE^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- X-MACRO^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- X-LOCALTIME Wed, 17 May 2006 15:05:44 +0200^M 05/17 15:05:44.67 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- .^M 05/17 15:05:44.68 [15467] 9+0: POP C-S: USER myuser.XXX.XXX^M 05/17 15:05:44.68 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- +OK enter password for APOP/DeleGate.^M 05/17 15:05:44.69 [15467] 9+0: #### APOP myuser.XXX.XXX 761d915f3457a89c444bb5709127f0d0^M 05/17 15:05:44.71 [15467] 9+0: POP-AUTH: APOP for USER+PASS failed: -ERR [AUTH] not authenticated^M 05/17 15:05:44.71 [15467] 9+0: POP-AUTH: retrying with USER+PASS. 05/17 15:05:44.71 [15467] 9+0: +OK Pop server at promail5.foo-bar.baz signing off.^M 05/17 15:05:44.71 [15467] 9+0: ConnectToServer: DFLT=pop://pop.XXX.XXX:110 REAL=://:0 05/17 15:05:44.73 [15467] 9+0: ConnectToServer connected [9] {AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD:110 <- 192.168.0.2:36137} [0.020s] 05/17 15:05:44.73 [15467] 9+0: willSTLS_SV: ServerFlags=10 05/17 15:05:45.13 [15467] 9+0: +POP-LOGIN FROM -@myiaddr:49330 TO myuser.XXX.XXX@xxx.. 05/17 15:05:45.13 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- +OK myuser.XXX.XXX has 1 visible message (0 hidden) in 8201841 octets.^M 05/17 15:05:45.37 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- +OK 1 8201841^M 05/17 15:05:45.46 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- +OK 1 visible messages (8201841 octets)^M 05/17 15:05:45.46 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- 1 8201841^M 05/17 15:05:45.46 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- .^M 05/17 15:05:45.55 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- +OK uidl command accepted.^M 05/17 15:05:45.55 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- 1 Pb*!!'P=!!WRj"!RbV!!^M 05/17 15:05:45.55 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- .^M 05/17 15:05:45.61 [15468] 9+0: CFI/MSGS ---- --MESSAGE/mime RETR^M 05/17 15:06:09.83 [15468] 9+0: systemFilter[1,3]: /usr/local/delegate9.1.1/lib/filter.pl 05/17 15:06:30.56 [15467] 9+0: disconnected [43] -@[myiaddr]myiaddr:49330 (45.987s)(0) 05/17 15:06:31.60 [15467] 9+0: CFI process remaining (1/1) 05/17 15:06:33.04 [15468] 9+0: Content-Length: 0 -> 8199000 (000000X - 2385) 05/17 15:06:33.04 [15468] 9+0: IO_TIMEOUT(31) SIGPIPE 05/17 15:06:33.04 [15468] 9+0: IO_TIMEOUT(31) SIGPIPE 05/17 15:06:33.04 [15468] 9+0: ## stop relay-4: FWRITE(8199457)=9216, SIGPIPE=0, client seems dead 05/17 15:06:33.04 [15468] 9+0: abort: caught SIGPIPE According you, who is disconnecting first : - My email client (thunderbird) - or Delegate that wait for an answer from the filter program I modify the delegate configuration file adding TIMEOUT=io:180,cfistat=180 and restart it, but no way. Thanks in advance. Sébastien