On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Andreas Metzler wrote: > >>>> 2006-04-04 09:13:48 1FQfhL-00035E-Ay Failed to get write lock for > >>>> /var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile: timed out > >>>> 2006-04-04 09:14:48 1FQfhL-00035E-Ay Failed to get write lock for > >>>> /var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile: timed out > > >>> which suggests two tries for the same message, one minute apart. How > >>> often was the OP starting queue runners? > > >> <the usual -q30m> > > > Hmm. So why are there those two messages, I wonder? > > Perhaps this is related to mailscanner?
Ah! I don't know much about mailscanner. Am I right in thinking it looks at Exim's spool files itself? If so, then indeed it may have something to do with this. -- Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service Get the Exim 4 book: http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book -- ## 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/
