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FTP error - should I be concerned?

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FTP error - should I be concerned?

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I discovered error messages like the one below produced by MX in the console. They occur about every 20 minutes or so on average - but this is highly variable. It does not stop mx continuing to run and output "normally". I think it has probably been occurring for a long time but it was only yesterday that I first saw them - I had stopped using the stop/start script to manage mx while I fiddled with using screen (the rpi is headless).

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The messages to the console seem to correspond to ftp related errors in the mxdiags file - all begin "FTP error renaming ..." or "Error uploading ..." and end with "Timed out trying to read data from the socket stream!" (see a screen snip below - happy to post the zip if necessary). These errors seem to get corrected - perhaps on a retry that is successful? If they have been happening for the past 3-4 years, as I suspect, don't ask why I hadn't noticed them previously :oops: (my only somewhat pathetic defence is the pi has been stable from the day I got it)

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So my primary question is "should I be concerned?" Maybe this is an acceptable error rate? Else, what might I do to stop or reduce it?
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If you are running Version 3.6.2 (Build 3078) Mark has just released a new version (3.6.3) that replaces the FTP component that was causing the problem in 3.6.2(3078).
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Thanks - I’m on 3078 so will upgrade and report back
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I've had two hours without an error, so 3079 has sorted it out. What is not improved is my capacity to search through logs - I thought I found the error in quite an old log but that must not have been the case :groan:
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