On Tue, 17 May 2005 17:38:56 +0100 Mike Grice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 16:03 +0100, Phil Chambers wrote: > > On Tue, 17 May 2005 13:20:01 +0100 Mike Grice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 12:26 +0100, Phil Chambers wrote: > > > > I am running exim-4.50. > > > > > > > > I am running an exim server to handle routing of mail submitted by my > > > > users (20,000 > > > > of them). they are either sent out over the Internet or passed to our > > > > IMAP/POP > > > > server for local delivery (both by SMTP). > > > > > > > > I have recently noticed that sometimes exim is just queueing messages. > > > > I have > > > > noticed this with my own messages (both remote and local delivery). > > > > There is no > > > > indication in the log as to why (I have the delay_delivery log selector > > > > on by > > > > default). I can kick the delivery using eximon, so the exim process > > > > which handled > > > > receipt has finished with the message. Most messages are processed on > > > > the fly. > > > > > > > > There is nothing unusual about the messages; they have a single > > > > recipient and are > > > > small. At the times when I have seen this the load average has been > > > > very low and > > > > the number of exim processes has been well below smtp_accept_max, etc. > > > > The only > > > > queue-related option I can see is smtp_accept_queue_per_connection=10, > > > > which is not > > > > applicable with these messages. > > > > > > > > Any ideas? Can I get exim to log a reason? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > If the message is still in the queue, exim -Mvl MESSAGE_ID will give > > > tell you what exim has done with it so far... but that should be hidden > > > in the logs somewhere (it's just easier to see this way). > > > > > > Cheers > > > Mike > > > > As I said, there is no indication in the log as to why the message is > > queued. > > The only entry in the log is the single line showing the arrival of the > > message. > > Several minutes later (when the queue runner picks it up) there is the line > > for the > > delivery followed by the "Completed" line. > > Ok, then you have me foxed! The -Mvl I suggested because it shows the > msglog entry, is there a default value for smtp_accept_queue? > > Cheers > Mike smtp_accept_queue is left to the default (0=no limit). Phil. --------------------------------------- Phil Chambers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) University of Exeter -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
