I thought I would have a go at this with the oldest in the queue, 72
hours at the moment, and much to my amazement this happened:-
bash$ /usr/local/exim/bin-imap/exim -brw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No rewrite rules are defined
bash$
bash$
bash$ /usr/local/exim/bin-imap/exim -bV
Exim version 4.34 #1 built 29-Jul-2004 16:22:12
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2004
Probably ndbm
Support for: iconv()
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz
Authenticators:
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Configuration file is /usr/local/exim/imap.conf
So I'm now going to go and scratch my head!!!!
P.S. The configure file is attached if required.
Philip Hazel wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Steve Sargent wrote:
The exim running on our imap server has this retry rule:-
imap.qmul.ac.uk * F,1h,5m; F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h
Messages addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] get stuck in the queue because
the user is over quota, and remain in the queue for 10 days even though the
retry rule says 4 days. Does anyone know why?
1. What does
exim -brw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
say?
2. What does
exinext [EMAIL PROTECTED]
say?
3. What is the debug output from
exim -d -M <an id for a stuck message>
?
One possible scenario is that messages pile up for this user; she clears
out her mailbox and one message is delivered, filling it up again. This
sequence continues. The point is that once one message is successfully
delivered, the retry clock for the address will be reset.
HOWEVER: There is a rule that no message should stay on the queue for
longer than the longest retry time for any of its addresses. So what I
wrote above should be superseded by that rule. The debug output might
give a clue as to what is happening.
--
Steve Sargent, Vox +44 020 7882 3220, Fax +44 020 8980 2001
QMUL Computing Services, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WWW page: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/~cgaa160/index.html
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# exim configuration file for cyrus/imap delivery service
# 1.0.0 10 Jun 2004 (sls) - preliminary for version 4 of exim
# 1.0.2 18 Jun 2004 (sls) - allow users to submit mail via this host
temporarily.
# 1.0.3 15 Jul 2004 (sls) - change relay_hosts to have 127.0.0.1 instead of
localhost and fix a missing ':'.
# 1.0.4 16 Jul 2004 (sls) - change freeze_tell to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and turn
ident calls off.
# 1.0.5 16 Jul 2004 (sls) - change errors_copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# 1.0.6 16 Jul 2004 (sls) - move the log and spool files into a sub-directory
called imap.
# 1.0.7 16 Jul 2004 (sls) - remove 127.0.0.1 from local_interfaces (should be
in imap.local or standard.local).
# 1.0.8 19 Jul 2004 (sls) - change location of the spool and log directories.
# 1.0.9 28 Jul 2004 (sls) - add 127.0.0.1 to qm_hosts.
# 1.0.10 29 Jul 2004 (sls) - add interface = INTERFACE to the remote_smtp
transport.
# 1.0.11 02 Aug 2004 (sls) - remove 138.37.0.0/16 from relay_hosts to stop imap
from being used as a submission seervice.
# - change the message in the rcpt ACL to relay not
permitted
# 1.0.12 06 Oct 2004 (mdte)- use: .include imap.conf directive.
# - add: bounce_return_body false
# 1.0.13 07 Dec 2004 (sls) - add mail2-test to the list of allowed sending
hosts.
# include local configuration.
.include /usr/local/exim/imap.local
SPOOLDIR = /var/spool/exim-imap
LOGDIR = /var/log/exim-imap
######################################################################
# Runtime configuration file for Exim #
######################################################################
acl_smtp_connect = check_connection
acl_smtp_rcpt = check_recipient
acl_smtp_data = check_message
domainlist local_domains = @ : \
imap.qmw.ac.uk : \
imap.qmul.ac.uk
hostlist relay_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : \
138.37.6.7 : 138.37.6.6 : 138.37.6.9 : 138.37.6.37 : 138.37.6.5 : \
138.37.6.15 : 138.37.8.140 : 138.37.8.139 : 138.37.6.16
# a list of servers allowed to send to the imap server
# ---------------------------------------------------
# 138.37.6.7 - mail1.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.6 - mail2.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.9 - delta.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.37 - theta.qmw.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.5 - chi.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.15 - mail1-test.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.16 - mail2-test.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.8.140 - mdte.css.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.8.139 - sls.css.qmw.ac.uk
hostlist qm_hosts = 138.37.0.0/16 : 127.0.0.1
log_selector = \
+received_sender \
+received_recipients \
+smtp_confirmation \
+sender_on_delivery
######################################################################
# MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS #
######################################################################
primary_hostname = PRIMARY_HOSTNAME
allow_domain_literals = false
never_users = root
spool_directory = SPOOLDIR
log_file_path = LOGDIR/%s
pid_file_path = LOGDIR/exim.pid
host_lookup = 0.0.0.0/0
# allow cyrus to set the sender for sieve support
trusted_users = cyrus
# SMTP settings
# listen only on service IP number
local_interfaces = INTERFACE
# give the local postmaster a copy of any errors
errors_copy = "[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
freeze_tell = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d
timeout_frozen_after = 7d
# do not return body (as it may contain null chars and get stuck).
bounce_return_body = false
# disable ident calls.
rfc1413_query_timeout = 0s
######################################################################
# ACL CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
begin acl
# ACL that is used after the initial smtp connection
check_connection:
drop hosts = !+qm_hosts
message = Private internal use only.
accept hosts = +relay_hosts
drop message = Please use smtp.qmul.ac.uk for message submission.
# ACL that is used after the RCPT command
check_recipient:
accept hosts = :
accept domains = +local_domains
accept hosts = +relay_hosts
deny message = relay not permitted
# ACL that is used after the DATA command
check_message:
accept
######################################################################
# AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
######################################################################
# REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
######################################################################
# ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
# Specifies how remote addresses are handled #
######################################################################
begin routers
# just send everything to the main relays
smart_route:
driver = manualroute
domains = ! +local_domains
route_list = * mailrelay.qmul.ac.uk bydns
transport = remote_smtp
no_more
system_aliases:
driver = redirect
allow_defer
allow_fail
data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
debug_print = "in alias router"
file_transport = address_file
pipe_transport = address_pipe
retry_use_local_part
# user = exim
# Director for sending local mail via the cyrus transport
local_user_cyrus:
driver = accept
debug_print = "in cyrus router"
retry_use_local_part
transport = lmtp_delivery_over_ip
######################################################################
# TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.
begin transports
remote_smtp:
driver = smtp
interface = INTERFACE
# local delivery to Cyrus using LMTP over TCP/IP
lmtp_delivery_over_ip:
driver = smtp
allow_localhost
debug_print = "*** lmtp over tcp/ip: local part $local_part"
hosts = localhost
port = "lmtp"
protocol = LMTP
address_pipe:
driver = pipe
return_output
address_file:
driver = appendfile
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
address_reply:
driver = autoreply
######################################################################
# RETRY CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# Domain Error Retries
# ------ ----- -------
begin retry
imap.qmul.ac.uk * F,1h,5m; F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h
# End of Exim 4 configuration
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